Hi Billy, On May 22, 2014, at 1:35 PM, BILROJ via Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> wrote:
> These qualifications aside, the essay nails it. Right on the head -with a > sledge hammer. > > Sometime, if anyone is interested, take a look into Dietrich Bonhoeffer's > book, > The Cost of Discipleship. Want to be a Christian? No you don't. > Not if you understand exactly what Bonhoeffer says. That is, maybe you > really do, but ......you mean there are sacrifices to make? "That's not > for me," > is what most people say, if not with their mouths, with their hearts. > Christian faith is supposed to make one fit in better with the community > isn't it? Uhhh, actually -no. Great essay. And yes, it does feel like the American church may be getting its "Bonhoeffer" moment. The best book I've read as a blueprint for a gospel-centered engagement of the culture is "The Truest Thing About You". https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=The+Truest+Thing+About+You&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Profound theology, but not so much scholarly it is a deeply personal and immensely practical articulation of the gospel form the perspective of an evangelical pastor leading a growing church in the heart of San Francisco. Highly recommended. -- Ernie P. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
