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. Jesus Wants to save Christians is a book about faith and fear, wealth and war, poverty, power, safety, terror, Bibles, bombs, and homeland insecurity. It's about empty empires and the truth that everybody's a priest. It's about oppression, occupation, and what happens when Christians support, animate and participate in the very things Jesus came to set people free from. It's about what it means to be a part of the church of Jesus in a world where some people fly planes into buildings while others pick up groceries in Hummers. 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. It's A Book About Faith And Fear, Wealth And War, Poverty, Power, Safety, Terror, Bibles, Bombs, And Homeland Insecurity, It's About Empty Empires And The Truth That Everybody's A Priest, It's About Oppression, Occupation, And What Happens When Christians Support, Animate And Participate In The Very Things Jesus Came To Set People Free From. It's About What It Means To Be A Part Of The Church Of Jesus In A World Where Some People Fly Planes Into Buildings While Others Pick Up Groceries In Hummers. - Publisher. Introduction To The Introduction -- Introduction: Air Puffers And Rubber Gloves -- The Cry Of The Oppressed -- Get Down Your Harps -- David's Other Son -- Genital-free Africans -- Swollen-bellied Black Babies, Soccer Moms On Prozac, And The Mark Of The Beast -- Blood On The Doorposts Of The Universe -- Epilogue: Broken And Poured. Rob Bell, Don Golden. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 184-218). SUMMARY: 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.