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100 1 $aMeyers, Robin R.$q(Robin Rex),$d1952-
245 10 $aSaving Jesus from the church :$bhow to stop worshiping Christ and start following Jesus /$cRobin R. Meyers.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperOne,$cc2009.
300 $a243 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-243).
520 $aCountless thoughtful people are now so disgusted with the marriage of bad theology and hypocritical behavior by the church that a new Reformation is required in which the purpose of religion itself is reimagined. Meyers takes the best of biblical scholarship and recasts these core Christian concepts to exhort the church to pursue an alternative vision of the Christian life: Jesus as teacher, not savior; Christianity as compassion, not condemnation; Prosperity as dangerous, not divine; discipleship as obedience, not control; religion as relationship, not righteousness. This is not a call to the church to move to the far left or to try something brand new. Rather, it is the recovery of something very old. Saving Jesus from the Church shows us what it means to be a Christian and how to follow Jesus' teachings today.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aA preacher's nightmare : am I a Christian? -- Jesus the teacher, not the savior -- Faith as being, not belief -- The cross as futility, not forgiveness -- Easter as presence, not proof -- Original blessing, not original sin -- Christianity as compassion, not condemnation -- Discipleship as obedience, not observance -- Justice as covenant, not control -- Prosperity as dangerous, not divine -- Religion as relationship, not righteousness -- A preacher's dream : faith as following Jesus.
650 0 $aChristianity$xEssence, genius, nature.
650 0 $aChristian life$xUnited Church of Christ authors.
600 00 $aJesus Christ$xTeachings.
650 0 $aChristian life.
650 0 $aLiberalism (Religion)
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