Comments on: If The Church Were Christian http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/if-the-church-were-christian/ moving towards a missional mindset Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David Mullens http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/if-the-church-were-christian/comment-page-1/#comment-6738 David Mullens Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:32:27 +0000 http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/?p=1475#comment-6738 Thanks for the review. Gulley has a few other books out. He started by writing Christian fiction and then moved into non-fiction. If I remember correctly, he is a pastor of a Friends church. Anyway, his non-fiction books are basically Universalism. His first one I read, with an open mind, looking for him to convince me, but I didn't have a sense that any of his views were based on Scripture, but a sadness of doing funerals for non-Christians. I felt his theology was birthed more from his experience, than from Scripture. I was disappointed. The title of the book..."If Grace is True..." was intriguing, but his arguments were not. That sad thing is many people in the church, lacking a scriptural worldview, will read his books and be convinced. Thanks for the review. Gulley has a few other books out. He started by writing Christian fiction and then moved into non-fiction. If I remember correctly, he is a pastor of a Friends church. Anyway, his non-fiction books are basically Universalism. His first one I read, with an open mind, looking for him to convince me, but I didn’t have a sense that any of his views were based on Scripture, but a sadness of doing funerals for non-Christians. I felt his theology was birthed more from his experience, than from Scripture. I was disappointed.

The title of the book…”If Grace is True…” was intriguing, but his arguments were not. That sad thing is many people in the church, lacking a scriptural worldview, will read his books and be convinced.

]]> By: Georges Boujakly http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/if-the-church-were-christian/comment-page-1/#comment-6697 Georges Boujakly Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:21:39 +0000 http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/?p=1475#comment-6697 Thanks for posting on this. Saved me a few bucks. Anyone who contrasts imitation of Christ with worship of Christ has not looked carefully at the NT and the early church devotion to Jesus. Does he do any exegesis in this book? Thanks for posting on this. Saved me a few bucks.
Anyone who contrasts imitation of Christ with worship of Christ has not looked carefully at the NT and the early church devotion to Jesus.

Does he do any exegesis in this book?

]]> By: trish http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/if-the-church-were-christian/comment-page-1/#comment-6696 trish Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:09:19 +0000 http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/?p=1475#comment-6696 Thanks for your review! I think you brought up some interesting points, particularly this one: "He seems to conjure up the most extreme examples of fundamentalism in the church to make his point." Of course there will be problems when you go to any extreme, so I wonder what examples Gulley would use if he couldn't use those? I'm not expecting an answer, just thinking out loud. :) Thank you for being on the tour! It's usually when people don't agree with an author that my mind really gets to thinking. Thanks for your review! I think you brought up some interesting points, particularly this one: “He seems to conjure up the most extreme examples of fundamentalism in the church to make his point.” Of course there will be problems when you go to any extreme, so I wonder what examples Gulley would use if he couldn’t use those? I’m not expecting an answer, just thinking out loud. :)

Thank you for being on the tour! It’s usually when people don’t agree with an author that my mind really gets to thinking.

]]> By: Jay Lewis http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/if-the-church-were-christian/comment-page-1/#comment-6695 Jay Lewis Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:52:03 +0000 http://missionalchurchnetwork.com/?p=1475#comment-6695 I found "Deep Church" by Jin Belcher to be the most balanced approach calling the church to an honest look at itself from both the fundemental side as well as the emergent side. So good I'm reading it again. I found “Deep Church” by Jin Belcher to be the most balanced approach calling the church to an honest look at itself from both the fundemental side as well as the emergent side. So good I’m reading it again.

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