Saving Jesus from the Church - How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus

Zusatztext "A perceptive book . . . Not many authors can present such progressive ideas and still come across as reasonable and loving. Meyers masters such a task." Informationen zum Autor For over twenty years, Robin Meyers has been pastor of Mayflower Congregational, an "unapologetically Christian, unapologetically liberal" church. 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 Dateline NBC, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and ABC World News, and writes regularly for The Christian Century. Klappentext From One of America's Leading Pastors, a Bold Call to Restore Christianity's True Mission: Following JesusThe marriage of bad theology and hypocritical behavior by the church has eroded our spiritual lives. Taking the best of biblical scholarship, Meyers recasts core Christian concepts in an effort to save Christianity from its obsession with personal salvation. Not a plea to try something brand new, but rather the recovery of something very old, Saving Jesus from the Church shows us what it means to follow Jesus's teachings today. Zusammenfassung From One of America's Leading Pastors! a Bold Call to Restore Christianity's True Mission: Following Jesus The marriage of bad theology and hypocritical behavior by the church has eroded our spiritual lives. Taking the best of biblical scholarship! Meyers recasts core Christian concepts in an effort to save Christianity from its obsession with personal salvation. Not a plea to try something brand new! but rather the recovery of something very old! Saving Jesus from the Church shows us what it means to follow Jesus's teachings today.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Meyers, Robin R Meyers, Robin R. Meyers
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.03.2010
• EAN: 9780061568220
• ISBN: 978-0-06-156822-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Esoterics; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION: Christianity / General, HISTORY: Social History, RELIGION: Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION: CHRISTIAN THOUGHT, RELIGION: Spirituality, RELIGION: Christian Church / History, RELIGION: JESUS STUDIES, RELIGION: Christian Ministry / General, RELIGION: THEOLOGY, RELIGION: Christian Theology / Ecclesiology