Desiring the Kingdom
Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation

I rated this book at 3 stars because parts of it were a 5 and other parts a 1. He says many outstanding things, which he then negates by the context he puts them in. Unlike Paul's approach, this book is an exercise in shadow boxing -- many great moves, but nothing connects.......more

Once in a while a book comes along that crystallizes the things you have been thinking and takes you further down the road. This was such a book. Smith contends that we are primarily "desiring animals" who think rather than "thinking things" who happen to have desires. He thinks much of Christian ed......more

This is one of the hardest books to give a rating to. The reason is simple: his main thesis is dead on and needs to be digested by numerous Christians and pastors. But some of his details and unanswered questions leave one queasy. I do not often write long reviews, but the book made me think. So he......more

Quite good. I'd been meaning to read it for years, and finally opted for an audiobook to fit it into a full slate of seminary readings. I've interacted with Smith's work in shorter books and articles for years, and his core critique (that reducing Christianity to a set of propositional truths or a wor......more