Jesus Wants to Save Christians – A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

Jesus Wants to Save Christians A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition to their building.
Our local newspaper ran a front-page story not too long ago about a study revealing that one in five people in our city lives in poverty.
This is a book about those two numbers.

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars factory reject
The book I recieved was bound upside down, which was a let down. I lost a lot of trust in Amazon.

3 Stars Good content badly formatted.
I found the content of the book to be easy to read and understand and thoughtful. But I felt I could have read the last two or three chapters and gotten the same message. If you want this book, try and find it used.

The unfortunate part of reading this book is the format. The entire book has the text broken up on the page like this:

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Here I am.

Reading this book.

Really reading this book. I don't know if the publisher thought this typesetting was cool, or if the authors thought this would be a cool thing to do throughout the whole book.

Yes. Throughout the whole book.

I'm not even joking.

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I happened to find that frustrating to read through. I would have preferred it to be typeset like a regular book. Although had the publisher done that, it may appear to be a much shorter book and thus might not justify the price.

But it's anyone's guess really.

Wait! It's happening again! Make it stop!

Oh no!

5 Stars Five Starr
Once again Rob Bell hits the nail on the head with his latest book about Christianity and the church. Five stars.

4 Stars Very good, but like Boyd's better
Jesus wants to save Christians is a very good book . . . but Greg Boyd's Myth of a Christian Nation covers much of the same material in a less choppy, blog-like style. This book will probably be easier for those 30 and under to read (I'm 41); Boyd has an Ivy League education and his style is more traditional. (If you've never heard him preach, download at itunes for free – phenomenal teaching on empire – on everything!) But this book is very meaty – what I love is Bell's extensive end noting. I read his books as much for the end notes – to see what he's reading – as I do for the material. It you can tolerate the style, you'll get a lot from this book.

3 Stars Not Quite Up To Par
This is the third book by Rob Bell. And I think it may be his weakest. In Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Bell draws comparisons to the current political activism of some Evangelical Christian circles and Rome, The United States and Rome. Both Rome and The USA are "empires". Both use the expression peace through force. Both were occupying another country.

Whether you agree with Bell's accusations, his conclusions bring out some great thought and debate. Check out some of these stats:

Every 7 seconds, a child under age 5 dies of hunger. Americans throw away 14 % of their food.

More than half of the world lives on less than 2 dollars a day. The average American teenager spends $150 a week.

Most of the people in the world do not own a car. 1/3 of American families own 3 cars.

Americans spend more annually on trash bags than half the world does on all goods.

These stats are found on page 122 & 123 of the book. And they're not meant to give you guilt. They aren't meant to give you reason to hate America. They are meant to get you off your seat and be passionate about the things Jesus is passionate about.

While not as good as Velvet Elvis or Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians is a great read for any follower of Christ.

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