Friday, December 07, 2018

I have written a few book reviews for school the last few months. This part of one of the reviews. The book was Adventures in Missing the Point. I had owned this book for a few years and have never read it.

Overview of the main points the authors are trying to make

When Brian McLaren was working on writing the book Adventures in Missing the Point, he went to EmergentYS to see if they would publish the book. Instead, “they suggested Tony Campolo as a coauthor.”(1) The authors then “divvied up the chapters”(2) and each chapter ends with the response written by the other author. Campolo disagrees with McLaren “on several points, which is part of what makes the book interesting and fun” says McLaren. The authors have heard “really positive response on this book, especially from people in “the Christian subculture” (3) who feel it kicks some doors down and opens some windows for needed fresh air.” The Christian subculture is the audience most likely to read this book since the authors are making the argument that most Christians have missed and keep missing the point of the Gospel that they have been called to proclaim. 
The authors have written their book in three sections: God, world, and soul. The first section they believe Christians have missed the point on are those of salvation, theology, kingdom of God, end times, and the Bible. The second section deals with the topic of the world. The authors think the church has missed the mark on: evangelism, social action, culture, women in ministry, leadership, seminary, environmentalism, and homosexuality. The third section is going to deal with the soul where they cover sin, worship, doubt, truth and being postmodern.

Footnotes from  https://brianmclaren.net/adventures-in-missing-the-point/ (accessed November 22, 2018)

This was part of a book review written for CSBS and my Christian Apologetics course online