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| Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rob Bell, Don Golden
Publisher: Zondervan
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 6.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0310275024
Dewey Decimal Number: 230
EAN: 9780310275022
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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 Good read, but just scratches the surface October 3, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am a Rob Bell fan. After hearing Rob and Don share the pulpit at Mars Hill I am a Don Golden fan as well. This book follows in-line with the rest of Rob's work (writing, preaching, and NOOMA video). Rob and Don continue their message of social justice and the Christians part. Good stuff, and a much needed reminder. It's about time someone of faith deals with politics, even taking on the current administration. I am tired of Christians taking one side only. A side that I believe is wrapped in self comfort and attitudes of superiority. I did want to see this book go a bit deeper in content. I felt that they left some illustrations half done and chapters not completed. That's why I gave it an average rating. I didn't get bored with the book, but I was not compelled to read it all in one night like his previous works. I will say that an average rating for Rob would be a 5 star rating for most other authors! Can't wait till your next book comes out.
 One of the best three books I've read this year October 2, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the only book by Rob Bell that I've ever read and I thought it was terrific. This book and "The Shack" by Young and "Reimagining Church" by Viola have been the best three books I've read this year. All of them have changed my thinking about Christianity and church in a big way and for the better.
 Liberation Theology puts on funky glasses October 1, 2008
37 out of 89 found this review helpful
You can give it a an eye-catching green and gray package, yet Bell, and his fellow author Golden, are simply repackaging the America-hating Liberation Theology of another generation. Both see wealth and war through the skinny, yet stylish, glasses of a subjective hermenutic, not grounded in careful Biblical exegesis but rather colored with a Marxist driven isogesis of scripture. Bell and Golden take their preconceived notions and go running for a Hebrew narrative proof text to support them. The key error of their theology is to think that Jesus has already ushered in His future kingdom and we should be beating our swords into plowshares, and getting cozy in our possession free communes. Do the disadvantaged of Bell's community live under his roof with free access to all he possess? Do his children have pet vipers and lions to play with? I think not. The kingdom Jesus was talking about is future tense, and the new Exodus begins with a Second Coming. I shudder to think of the real "violence" the world would witness if Bell and his followers were in charge. Could it be that, David & Solomon's kingdoms, and dare I say the United States, were blessed by God to possess both wealth and power to create a climate most favorable for the advancing of the message of the Gospel? Certainly there will always be abuses, but what we need to do is to use wealth and power wisely, not be ashamed of it.
Not worth the paper it's printed on!! September 30, 2008
30 out of 90 found this review helpful
Maybe Rob should study the Bible more hermeneutically, and spend less time on monasticism and ecclesiology. Should we not vote and exercise our rights as citizens? Paul did. Preach the gospel correctly Rob and quit rambling constantly about how misguided YOU think the Church is. Jesus wants to save the lost. Christians are already saved. Yes, the church can and should be more giving (and loving), as long as the gospel is preached accurately and verbally at the same time. Our country is not a theocracy. Our government is not the church. Make a NOOMA that has you opening the Bible and actually reading it (correctly, in context).
A worthwhile read very capable of a positive influence... September 28, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
A worthwhile read for any Christian or person remotely interested in Jesus or Christianity.
The short length of the book is a bummer on price, but bonus on practicality...as the book is quite a bit more concise than worthwhile books that present similar perspectives, such as Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw's "Jesus for President" or Brian McLaren's "Everything Must Change."
Even if one is not convinced that the interpretation of Revelation presented is "dead-on" or that America is indeed as oppressive of an empire as some of the authors' language may suggest, I think the perspective is still worth reading and taking into account:
In my thinking, it at least makes for a "fuller" viewpoint of Christianity that makes the news of Jesus not just about the future or end of the world or another world, but also about TODAY and HERE and current political, global, and personal situations and decisions.
And even if one thinks America is not guilty of oppressive empire or the authors assertions are a little far-fetched, I think the hyper-sensitivity to oppression and Empire that this book provokes can likely only be a good thing for the body of Christ as well...as the Bible and Jesus seem PRETTY concerned with such things.
Furthermore, I think the effect of the authors' linear march through the Old Testament connecting the dots of a holistic Biblical narrative is pretty awesome. I still have questions when I crack open the Old Testament (Judges anybody?) but it helps me in categorizing and seeing the big picture and progression. See for yourself.
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