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Saving Jesus from the Church
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Item Number: 8231
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Countless thoughtful people are now so disgusted with the marriage of bad theology and hypocritical behavior by the church that a new Reformation is required in which the purpose of religion itself is re-imagined. Meyers takes the best of biblical scholarship and recast these core Christian concepts to exhort the church to pursue an alternative vision of the Christian life:
- Jesus as a Teacher, not Savior
- Christianity as Compassion, not Condemnation
- Prosperity as Dangerous, not Divine
- Discipleship as Obedience, not Control
- Religion as Relationship, not Righteousness
This is not a call to the church to move to the far left or to try something brand new. Rather, it is the recovery of something very old. Saving Jesus from the Church shows us what it means to be a Christian and how to follow Jesus' teachings today.
About the Author
For over twenty years, ROBIN R. MEYERS, has been pastor of Mayflower Congregational, an "unapologetically Christian, unapologetically liberal" church in one of the most conservative states in the country. He is a professor in the philosophy department at Oklahoma City University, a syndicated columnist, and an award-winning commentator for National Public Radio. Meyers has appeared on NBC's Dateline, ABC's World News Tonight, and the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and writes regularly for The Christian Century. The author of four books, Meyers and his wife, Shawn, have three children.
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