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A review by persistent_reader
When Everything's on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes by Brian Zahnd
5.0
At the end of the day, is our faith built on what we believe about Jesus and Christianity or the person of Jesus Christ himself? Is our faith only cognitive or has it captured our hearts?
This book asks some hard questions to bring us back to what really matters, and that process requires a reexamination of the many beliefs and attitudes we have taken for granted as 21st century Christians. This may require their repair and renovation or even their demolition. But if we truly believe that Jesus is king and that the Spirit is at work in believers, then we can trust that what is real and true can stand the scrutiny and will remain though tried by fire.
This was one of the best books I've read this year. I'm so tired of a cold, intellectual Christianity with no heart. I'm tired of the love of God being doctrinalized out of the church in the pursuit of certainty. This book gave me hope. Not because the church will eventually get it right, but because the church belongs to Jesus.
This book asks some hard questions to bring us back to what really matters, and that process requires a reexamination of the many beliefs and attitudes we have taken for granted as 21st century Christians. This may require their repair and renovation or even their demolition. But if we truly believe that Jesus is king and that the Spirit is at work in believers, then we can trust that what is real and true can stand the scrutiny and will remain though tried by fire.
This was one of the best books I've read this year. I'm so tired of a cold, intellectual Christianity with no heart. I'm tired of the love of God being doctrinalized out of the church in the pursuit of certainty. This book gave me hope. Not because the church will eventually get it right, but because the church belongs to Jesus.