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So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore | 
 enlarge | Authors: Wayne Jacobsen, Dave Coleman
Publisher: Windblown Media
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 191
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0964729229
Dewey Decimal Number: 248
EAN: 9780964729223
ASIN: 0964729229
Publication Date: March 1, 2006
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What would you do if you met someone you thought just might be one of Jesus original disciples still living in the 21st Century? That's Jake's dilemma as he meets a man who talks of Jesus as if he had known him, and whose way of living challenges everything Jake had previously known. So You Don t Want to Go To Church Anymore is Jake s compelling journal that chronicles thirteen conversations with his newfound friend over a four-year period and how those exchanges turn Jake's world upside-down. With his help, Jake faces his darkest fears, struggles through brutal circumstances and comes out on the other side in the joy and freedom he always dreamed was possible. If you're tired of just going through the motions of Christianity and want to mine the depths of what it really means to live deeply in Christ, you ll find Jake s story will give you hope for your own. This book probes the difficult questions and offers some far-reaching answers. It just might turn your world upside-down as well!
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 eye opening August 17, 2008
THIS BOOK WAS VERY FAST READING AND GIVES YOU PAUSE TO THINK REGARDING WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD REALLY SHOULD BE, WITHOUT ALL THE BEAUROCRACY OF THIS WORLD GETTING IN THE WAY. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO WANTS A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
This Will Cause You To Rethink How Christ Called You To Live! Riveting!!! August 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best books I've ever read!!! One of the charachters, John, is constantly asking the hard questions. Through John and Jake's many conversations about real life I began to realize the importance of true fellowship, not busyness in some building. I go to church, this book doesn't tell you not to go, but it does challenge you as to why you go, and why you do the things you do in the church and the body. This is well worth the read, inspiring!
So you don't want to go to church July 31, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book arrived very quickly, way before I expected it, so kudo's to Amazon!
Re the book, I haven't read it yet, it's the August read for our church women's group.
 The book is entertaining, but uses poor logic July 31, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ok, i suppose i have a few positives and several negatives. I guess ill start with the positives. Despite the fact that i found myself in profound disagreement with "John" on several issues, there are some excellent points he makes that can serve to caution us to examine our motives. He also reminds us not to allow ourselves to just become part of the "machinery." I get the impression that the book was written with great sincerity and with the intent to free people.
That being said... I tend to think that the general theme of the book was rather simplistic and gave evidence of the authors' predisposition to blame the contemporary church for almost every problem or dysfunction in the life of the church members. Disillusioned?...Obviously your church has failed to provide an authentic forum for faith. Bitter?...Must be because you were manipulated and used by self righteous power mongers. Stressed? ...Must be because the church is pulling you one way while God is beckoning you in another. They fail to address these states of being as a common to the human condition. The book implies progressive freedom from such problems, only once freed from the bondage that church imposes. I say, the church is filled with people, people are flawed and sinful, therefore chuch is not without baggage. Can churches be found that reflect their jaded characiture of hypocrital religion? Sure. Do all or even most churches operate with such mercenary motives? I strongly doubt it. I know a good deal of people that strike me as sincerely wanting to serve others. I dont get the impression that they are part of some grand shame-management scheme. I honestly believe they have, in their zeal to shed light on the "scheme" of organized religion, used a straw man argument. They address only the easiest church stereotypes. The "worship" song that Jake overhears has questionable lyrics that are easy to critque. Convenient that they didnt overhead "On Christ the solid Rock i Stand." It would have been much more difficult to illustrate the shallowness of church with it. When Jake's former church grew it was because two other churches were "hemmoraging" as one pastor left scandal-ridden and the other left for a larger congregation. It would have been much more difficult to explain the church growth had there been no scandal to refer to. The authors set up straw man after straw man and then knock them down. I was rather disappointed because the discussion could have been so much more engaging but for me, it ended up being profoundly frustrating.
This book says it all! July 30, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book reaches anyone who has been lost or defeated by church-i-ness.It is for any church goer who has not fit in anywhere because of all the phoniness of the place. It reemphasizes that we are the church...we who are broken and betrayed and just find it very difficult to put on a happy face. An excellent read. I recommend it to people who have endured a lot of suffering in their lives and tried to find solace in the church. Your peace is in Christ alone.
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