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Jesus Brand Spirituality

By: Ken Wilson

Thomas Nelson / 2008 / Hardcover

3 out of 5 stars (2 Reviews)

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Christianity has been getting a bad reputation - mainly from those who claim to be Christians but don't act like it. The idea of reclaiming the title 'Christian' from those who would only trample it underfoot, while not new, gets a twist of postmodernism in Ken Wilson's Jesus Brand Spirituality. Attempting to refocus the disillusioned on a few issues, Wilson offers a path through the false perceptions to a place where redemptive faith can start its true work.

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Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 240
Vendor: Thomas Nelson
Publication Date: 2008

Dimensions: 8.25 X 5.38 (inches)
ISBN: 0849920531
ISBN-13: 9780849920530
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"Jesus wants his religion back…so it can be for the world again"

So begins this expertly written book by Ken Wilson, a pastor, practitioner and pilgrim to engage those drawn to the fascinating figure buried in the messy field of religion. Jesus Brand Spirituality is for those disillusioned by the current swirl of cultural conflict, moralism, and religious meanness that amounts to a form of trademark infringement on the movement that bears his name.

Combining candor, curiosity and rare insight, the author explores four dimensions of the spirituality Jesus left in his wake--active, contemplative, biblical, and communal. Practical, engaging and compelling, this fresh illumination of an ancient path is both moving and thought provoking. Phyllis Tickle, founding editor of the Religion Department at Publisher’s weekly calls Wilson "one of America’s most gifted evangelicals, a thoughtful, unflinching pastor for thinking Christians; but he has outdone even his own reputation here. Candid, confessional, and full of stories, these conversational chapters from a man enthralled with Jesus are shot through with the passion and the realism of an eternally-vital romance."

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Jesus Brand Spirituality 3 5 2 2

I have reviewed Ken's work a number of times. Each time I read it I find more to reject in Ken's premise. The most important fact to consider is that jesus Christ is not a commodity. The second fact is that Ken "...takes the ideas of our own age and tricks them out in the traditional language of Christianity.", and becomes "the bad preacher" according to C.S. Lewis. January 4, 2010

Just so you know. I think a great deal of this book. I think its an extraordinary book. Ive read it and reread it. And what happens is it grows. It ramifies. It means more each time I read it than the time before. I know God better after reading and rereading this book. I know better what it means to love God each time I read this book.When I read Christian literature. And when I talk to people who call themselves Christians. Im sorry. Often, I get a lot of nothing. Or I get a lot of. Well. Lets just call it refuse.This book. Jesus Brand Spirituality. Where it takes you is this: The place you always wanted to go when you had questions about God. And about the people of God.I dont know about you, but the people who call themselves people of God sometimes get on my nerves. They sometimes make me feel like. Well. God doesnt know them and they are hallucinating when they talk about God. I wonder sometimes whether they have actually read the Bible. The New Testament portion of the Bible. The Gospels in particular. Some of them. Or have read God in the world. Where he exists, if we are to believe Jesus. Happy as a clam. Happy as the wind. At large. In the world.What I get from this book is that this guy has not only read the Bible. He has actually lived in the same house with Jesus. Jesus has lived in a room down the hall. And this guy has had the pleasure and the terror of that. Has had actual meals and conversations with God. Has had his character tested somewhat by that. Well. Lets call it an experience, for lack of a better term.So should you read this book? Oh, I dont know. If you are an angry Christian, this will probably make you angrier. If you are a non-Christian, this might make you curiouser. If you are a confused Christian, this book might help you to find a way forward. Whatever that may possibly mean. May 17, 2008