Monday, May 2, 2011

Unleashed

When I read Unleashed: Release the Untamed Faith Within by Erwin McManus, I didn’t find it to be my favorite book. The author argues that Christians need to live as Barbarians, never becoming too comfortable in their lives with Christ. I can agree with his assessment that some Christians are too comfortable with being in their own lives and not reaching out to help others, but I think his approach may be a little too radical.

He indicates that only people who are mentally insane can do things like travel to foreign countries to share God’s love, and if mental health professionals are sent to give these missionaries counseling they will realize what they are doing is not wise, and they will return to their prior lives. This is just one example I see of his views being a little on the radical side. Clearly, God is calling missionaries to travel the world and share his love…this does not indicate they are mentally unstable. That may be what primarily turned me off from this book; the author is seeming to say the only way you can fully love Jesus and devote your life to worshiping and serving him is if you acknowledge and live a life full of instability. I don’t necessarily agree with his assessment, but I did finish reading this extremely short book in one sitting, and I will keep it on my shelf…maybe at a future reading I will draw something different from the pages of this short book.

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