Short description
This tale offers spiritual renewal for those burned out on church. After many years as a successful pastor, Brian McLaren has found - as more and more Christians are finding - that neither the conservative evangelical nor the liberal mainline stream of Christianity describes his own developing faith.
Long description
A Leadership Network Publication A New Kind of Christian's conversation between a pastor and his daughter's high school science teacher reveals that wisdom for life's most pressing spiritual questions can come from the most unlikely sources. This stirring fable captures a new spirit of Christianity----where personal, daily interaction with God is more important than institutional church structures, where faith is more about a way of life than a system of belief, where being authentically good is more important than being doctrinally "right," and where one's direction is more important than one's present location. Brian McLaren's delightful account offers a wise and wondrous approach for revitalizing Christian spiritual life and Christian congregations. If you are interested in joining a discussion group devoted to a A New Kind of Christian please visit groups.yahoo.com/group/NKOC.
Review
"...This book is, quite simply, brilliant..." (Faith for Life, 21/12/04) "...an engaging tale..." (Christianity & Renewal, July 2002)
Table of contents
- The True Story Behind This Story
- Sometime the Peacock Wish to Be the Seagull
- Entering That Awkward Age, or Does Jonah Eat Bagels? Dan Discovers Where the Cross Meets the Dream Catcher
- What a Difference a Worldview Makes
- Neo Worries About Keeping Up with Jesus
- Hot Words About Biblical Interpretation
- Letting the Bible Read Us
- Yeah, But What About the Other Guys? Redeeming Our Culture over Dinner
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- Lewis in the Pulpit, or What Is Heaven About Anyway? Getting Beyond Righteousness
- French Fries and the Kingdom of God
- Spiritual Practices
- Secret and Shared
- It's None of Your Business Who Goes to Hell
- Beginning the Journey into Terra Nova
- Notes on Church Leadership from One Certified Nobody to Another