Everything Must Change - Softcover

McLaren, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0785289364 ISBN 13: 9780785289364

Publisher: Nelson Books an imprint of Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

What do the life and teaching of Jesus have to say about the most critical global problems in our world today?

Acclaimed author and Emergent church leader Brian McLaren states, "More and more Christian leaders are beginning to realize that for the millions of young adults who have recently dropped out of church, Christianity is a failed religion. Why? Because it has specialized in dealing with 'spiritual needs' to the exclusion of physical and social needs. It has focused on 'me' and 'my eternal destiny,' but it has failed to address the dominant societal and global realities of their lifetime: systemic injustice, poverty, and dysfunction."

McLaren asks, "Shouldn't a message purporting to be the best news in the world be doing better than this?" What he sets forth in this provocative, unsettling work is a "form of Christian faith that is holistic, integral, balanced, that offers good news for both the living and the dying, that speaks of God's grace at work both in this life and the life to come, both to individuals and to societies and the planet as a whole."

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About the Author

Brian D. McLaren is an internationally known speaker and the author of over ten highly acclaimed books on contemporary Christianity, including A New Kind of Christian, A Generous Orthodoxy, and The Secret Message of Jesus.

From AudioFile

With light enunciation, Lloyd James narrates this (self-proclaimed) unconventional pastor's call for a new kind of Christianity. James captures the author's anger with God for allowing national and international disasters. He deftly delivers McLaren's analysis of the perfect storm that led to what he calls the four foundational crises--in prosperity, equity, security, and spiritual beliefs. McLaren calls the four a "suicide machine" because their focus is destructive instead of service oriented. He says Christians should address these crises but cannot because religion has spiritually failed. In the final analysis, the author replaces the "good news" message of salvation the Bible offers with a bad news message that "good works" are the way to heaven. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Nelson Books an imprint of Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0785289364
• ISBN 13: 9780785289364
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240