A Generous Orthodoxy
Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, biblical, charismatic/contemplative, fundamentalist/calvinist, anabaptist/anglican, incarnational, depressed-yet-hopeful, emergent, unfinished Christian

If A Generous Orthodoxy is any indication, Brian McLaren seems to be a very nice man. And this is a very nice book. There are plenty of very nice things to say about it. McLaren’s eagerness to embrace complexity is admirable and needed. His self-effacing posture goes some way toward countering the p......more

I'm going to ruffle some friend feathers on this one. When, in my first post-collegiate job, the organization I worked for chose to sell this book at the conference bookstore, I was scandalized we would promote such a liberal work. I confess I never read it, as the title before the colon was suffici......more

I enjoy reading books that I disagree with on topics I care about, because I believe that truth can withstand a challenge. I also think it equips me to consider ideas and talk about them with greater care. On that basis, I found this book enjoyable a few years ago when I read it. What I did not parti......more

In 1989 I did storytelling at an regional event in PA. The keynote presenter was a Serminary professor Leonard Sweet. What he said resonated deeply with me...an over-simplification was that we no longer live in an either/or world. We live in an AND world. He spoke about paradox and the nature of tru......more

Sorry Jonathan It really is a strange day when I find myself agreeing with Al Mohler but a lot of my review will be an echo of his thoughts that I find fair and a little of my own. The title itself is an interesting proposition. It is certainly true that we are called to be generous? But how generous......more