Comments on: jesus wants to save christians – review

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:25:15 +0000

Hey Andy,

Love your comment. It’s often hard to take our western glasses off when reading the scriptures and so we often re-interpret them to fit our context of “empire”… thus you’ll notice we often spiritualise things that shouldn’t be when placed in their context ie the “oppressed” really were physically oppressed.

One of the things I am looking forward to in my role at TEAR Fund is hearing how those who are part of the developing world interpret scripture from the context of being affected by the actions of the “empire”.

By: AndyD

AndyD — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:12:28 +0000

Fully loved this book – A must read…especially for Christians who ‘know it all’! The most challenging part for me was the part about understanding scriptures from the view of the writers being oppressed by empires, when we (in the west) have little idea of what it means to be oppressed by an empire…I know he specifically targets himself and his fellow Americans in this, but it is relevant throughout the rest of the western world too.

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:42:48 +0000

Cool book just finished reading it, your so right Dale the Solomon and empire angles really opened my mind to a different perspective Easy to read with the bullet points for those with short attention spans!(like me)

The back cover really appeals as well, we so need to do church differently, more books, more thoughts more,ideas, revolutions so we can get closer to what jesus intended for his bride Rock on

By: Dale Campbell

Dale Campbell — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:03:14 +0000

Yeah, I’m quite certain that if asked, Rob would deny being a universalist, but it would be interesting to his response.

And yes, Frank, the question (or challenge, really) of what to do with our blessing is the key thing in JWTSC.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:19:10 +0000

Great review, Dale.

One of the aspects of the book that I found very relevant was the clear outline, as you have noted, of God’s care for the oppressed.

His cutting analysis of ‘empire’ and the associated accumulation of resources coupled with the need to protect those resources and lifestyle etc was very pertinent.

It is clear that, as Christians, as God desires to respond to the cry of the opressed, we are the people who are to enact that response.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:34:31 +0000

I have to get this! (As a Christian universalist – which I am)..
Deb

By: Michael Krahn

Michael Krahn — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:31:33 +0000

Interesting. I thought the universalism was at about the same level as it was in VE.

My review: http://tiny.cc/bellJWTSC