Your Thoughts
June 5th, ‘10
Blue Like Jazz……
I just started reading this book a couple of days ago. What are your thoughts on it. (Remember I just started reading it so no spoilers) Of course there is a lot of different opinions about this book. So what did you think of the book. When I finish, I will let you know what my take is… Send them my way.
Man, this is one of my favorite books. You should definitely read it. Donald Miller is a little rough around the edges (aren’t we all though), but he is REAL. I’m reading another one of his books now. Let me know what you think of the book after you’ve finished it.
I have not personally read the book, but I know that the write is a part of the contemplative/emergent church. I read an article about the book and this is an excerpt:
“Miller calls himself a Christian and uses the term Gospel, but what he describes doesn’t sound like the biblical Gospel. For instance, on p. 124 he describes his conversation with Jake, a pagan at a Ren Fayre festival. The Christians there had a booth where they confessed their sins to the pagans as an apology for the Church. Jake starts out:
“’You said earlier there was a central message of Christ. I don’t really want to become a Christian, you know, but what is that message?’
‘The message is that man sinned against God and God gave the world over to man, and that if somebody wanted to be rescued out of that, if somebody for instance finds it’s all very empty, that Christ will rescue them if they want; that if they ask forgiveness for being a part of that rebellion then God will forgive them.’
‘What’s the deal with the cross?’ Jake asked.
‘God says the wages of sin is death,’ I told him. ‘And Jesus died so none of us would have to. If we have faith in that then we are Christians.’”
Are we?
Actually, Miller’s “gospel” is a clear example of an old theological distortion known as Pelagianism. This ancient heresy basically says that original sin did not taint human nature and that we have the ability to choose to walk with God instead of being utterly depraved and lost sinners whom God needs to rescue (Romans 3). The most recent well-known advocate of this doctrine was Charles Finney.
Pelagianism—and Miller—leave out some very basic points: Wrath—judgment—propitiation—and the substitutionary atonement. Jesus didn’t die generically; He died very specifically, taking on Himself the righteous punishment due to sinners—death. (See Romans 1:18, 2:5, 5:9; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 5:9; and Hebrews 2:17.)”
the whole post is here: http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/08/nathan/green_like_envy.htm
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