The Internet Monk, Michael Spencer literally made me shed all of my presuppositions concerning the ideas I had about what the book would be like.
I have never seen, in a book, such a blend of truth, wisdom, insight and, arguably most importantly, humility.
Spencer blends the thoughts of a man with a whole lot of life experience with the truth of scripture. Here’s the book speaking for itself:
“The demise of contemporary evangelical Christianity isn’t happening because of liberals in Hollywood or Washington, D.C. but because of the misdirected brand of spirituality and community that is being promoted by the most successful evangelicals”.
“Christians have pushed Jesus aside and replaced his plain teachings with patriotism, nationalism, denominationalism, entertainment, and their personal desires to live comfy in this culture”.
The difference between this book and so many books that are “post-modern”, “progressive” and other buzz words that mean nothing, is that it is more just questions, more than just challenges, more than just criticism, but offers real advice to a generation of believers (and in some cases now, non-believers) who want to be like Jesus as much as possible, but can’t reconcile it with what they see on Sunday morning.
This book is a MUST read for anyone who has left the church out of frustration or for people who need less “progressivism” and just more humble truths.
Thanks Mr. Spencer for your contributions while you were here – looking forward to meeting you in heaven sir…
