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.
A Manifesto for the Church in Exile
By Rob Bell and Don Golden
The Off The Map Podcast just posted a preview/podcast from Rob’s new book. It’s from a talk Rob gave a few months ago in Seattle about his new book. Check it out.
Itunes link for The Off The Map Podcast
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=286366987
Online Links
http://www.podnova.com/channel/417637/
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Posted by: Ty | September 18, 2008 at 01:40 AM