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I was looking forward to this book as soon as I saw that Lyons was writing it. He previously co-wrote UnChristian, a look at the characteristics of Christianity that turn people off. It was a very academic and well-researched piece of... [Read on]
Gabe Lyons' new book, The Next Christians: How a New Generation is Restoring the Faith" is an important, yet incomplete read. Let me begin with the important aspects to his work. I was encouraged to discover that early in the book, Lyons'... [Read on]
I don’t know how excited I am about the words “post-modern,” but Christian America is certainly shifting in a direction the church hasn’t faced in a while. Now, notice I didn’t want to say “has never faced” because certainly Church his... [Read on]
The Next Christians: The Good News About the End of Christian America by Gabe Lyons is a very engaging and thought-provoking book. This is Mr. Lyons second book, he is also the co-author of unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about... [Read on]
Gabe Lyons is one of the cofounders of the national conference "Catalyst" and the co-author of the Christian bestseller unChristian. He has become something of a spokesperson for the post-emerging evangelicals that he calls The Next Christians in... [Read on]
When reading the title and seeing the conclusion that "America isn't a Christian society" I was led to immediately pass this book over... Then I heard the author interviewed on Catalyst, and realized he is on to something. I wasn't at the... [Read on]
This book was a real Hate-Love relationship for me.Lyons is basically a proponent of the post-Christian era … not that he believes that this is as it should be; rather, he seemingly resigns himself in the concept that this is where the world no... [Read on]
Gabe Lyons has written a prescient book depicting the contemporary sociological landscape. He portrays how Christians have often gone to extremes in our North American culture by either being separatists or culture accommodating. The result is... [Read on]
I am not exactly sure Chaput was trying to accomplish with this work A Heart on Fire. It felt more like an advertisement or long magazine article for his lengthier work, Render Unto Caesar. Chaput uses less than two dozen pages chastising... [Read on]
Charles J. Chaput’s A Heart on Fire seeks to awaken Christians from their religio-political slumbers, during an election season where the trappings of partisan campaigns dot lawns and street corners and when a constant barrage of political ads... [Read on]