Brian McLaren has grown tired of evangelicalism. In turn, many evangelicals are wearied with Brian. His most recent book, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming
the Faith (HarperOne), must be understood as his latest iteration of a project of deconstructing the old and reconstructing a new kind of Christian faith. In it, he poses a question that this review will seek to answer. It is a question he asks of himself: "How did a mild-mannered guy like me get into so much trouble?" Or, as he asks one page later, "How did I get into this swirl of controversy?"
Here is a clear thinking link to a book review of Brian McLaren's book, "A New Kind of Christianity," and his ideas about Christianity by Scot McKnight. Scott is the interviewer in the Youtube post from a week ago (On Being a Heretic) . It was recommended to me by my friend, Gustavo Martin and I would readily encourage you to read Scot's review as a follow up to watching the video.
Hey Nance. Crazy is right. BTW – guess what I got you?
Read this the old-fashioned way, magazine in the bathroom. I am intrigued and excited by all that is shaking up this crazy matrix that has become Christianity. It’s time. Glad Scot McKnight is the one who wrote the review. Rockin’…