Jesus Wants to Save Christians

A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

By: Rob Bell, Don Golden

Narrated by: Rob Bell

Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's 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.

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.

©2008 Rob bell and Don Golden (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers

Purpose of the Church

What did you love best about Jesus Wants to Save Christians?

Towards the end of the book, Bell addresses and defines the Eucharist. This interpretation is one I have never heard. I find his investigation deep, enlightening, and challenging. He also gives an awesome definition of the Church and how believers should respond as both a part of the community and as an individual. Bell does a great job summing up what following Christ is all about and in readdressing what "Christianity" should look like. His pithy comments also help move the book along.

Well done!

This fresh commentary on the Old Testament and how it relates to the Jesus story is a must read for anyone genuinely interested in modern spirituality. I've read and enjoyed other books by Bell, but this one tops my list.

I needed this book

This book delivers a message that the western Church has to hear. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Another liberating, inspiring, illuminating read

Chewing on it still. Such a prescient book for.our times. So well constructed and grounded in sound theology. Wish the chirch would hear it...but perhaps it has and the rest are just busy with their bricks and temples and walls.

loved everything about this book

great message with conviction! great information told with gusto! I highly recommend! Their narration felt like a conversation between friends which made it great to listen to!

Read the whole thing

This is a book that ties it all together in the end. Give it a chance.

Now THIS is a story I can get behind!

Love how they tell this story. *So* understandable from someone who left "the church" knowing there had to be more. Also, their ad lib during reading is great.

A great story told a new way

I liked it and for me it was thought provoking. Some will find it too liberal. But I was looking for a new view of what the church could be. Two thumbs up!!

Listen with your bones ... With the depth of your soul

This revealing look at the human condition shines light where darkness has reigned since human life began.

The message will inform your understanding, align beautifully with your personal experience and liberate your future. If you decide to listen with your bones ... With the depths of your soul.

Amen!

Thought provoking

I love that the authors read the book themselves. As you listen you become as enthusiastic and excited about the subject as they are.