Adventures in Missing the Point, Brian D. McLaren
Adventures in Missing the Point, Brian D. McLaren
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Adventures in Missing the Point
How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel

Author: Brian D. McLaren, Tony Campolo

Narrator: Maurice England

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 03/15/2011

Synopsis

If you’re brave enough to take an honest look at the issues facing the culture–controlled church–and the issues in your own life–read on. Do you ever look at how the Christian faith is being lived out in the new millennium and wonder if we’re not doing what we’re supposed to be doing? That we still haven’t quite “gotten it”? That we’ve missed the point regarding many important issues? It’s understandable if we’ve relied on what we’ve been told to believe or what’s widely accepted by the Christian community. But if we truly turned a constructive, critical eye toward our beliefs and vigorously questioned them and their origins, where would we find ourselves? Best-selling authors Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo invite you to do just that. Join them on an adventure–one that’s about uncovering and naming faulty conclusions, suppositions, and assumptions about the Christian faith. In Adventures in Missing the Point, the authors take turns addressing how we’ve missed the point on crucial topics such as: Salvation, The Bible, Being Postmodern, Worship, Homosexuality, Truth, and many more…

About Brian D. McLaren

Brian D. McLaren (MA, University of Maryland) is an author, speaker, activist and public theologian. After teaching college English, Brian pastored Cedar Ridge Community Church in the Baltimore-Washington, DC area. Brain has been active in networking and mentoring church planters and pastors for over 20 years. He is a popular conference speaker and a frequent guest lecturer for denominational and ecumenical leadership gatherings in the US and internationally.

About Tony Campolo

Tony Campolo (Ph.D., Temple University) is professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University in suburban Philadelphia, a media commentator on religious, social, and political matters, and the author of a dozen books, including Revolution and Renewal, Let me Tell You a Story, and 20 Hot Potatoes Christians Are Afraid to touch.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben on November 16, 2017

This was an assigned text in college theology, and I pulled it out again. The authors go through several topics fairly quickly. The conversational style is easy to read. For some of these topics, you might be familiar with the author's viewpoint and the chapter won't add much. Others might be fine co......more

Goodreads review by Joey on September 28, 2009

I recommend this book to all of my Christian friends. It helps us reevaluate agendas and beliefs of the church to see if we have "missed the point" and how we can adjust our focus to what really matters in our relationship with God, our neighbors, and our culture. The chapters on doubt, theology, sa......more

Goodreads review by Eric on February 26, 2011

Talk about a rush job! I don't think I've ever seen a published book with more typos -- not spellcheck typos, but missing words, incorrect word order and just plain weird stuff. I don't think that the responsive format was as useful as it could be. Either an author agreed with the other and then wrot......more

Goodreads review by Justin on February 19, 2015

a little outdated for where I am but still a good read. I found Tony Campolo a little too conservative for my liking......more

Goodreads review by Shauna on June 15, 2022

I am kind of disappointed in this book. I had held high hopes. A few of the points raised by the authors have caused me to take a closer look into some of my own beliefs, but many left me feeling as if THEY, the authors, had missed the forest for the trees. They dissect commonly held thoughts and be......more

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