[the jesus of suburbia...]

I’m reading a new book I picked up a couple days ago by Mike Erre entitled “The Jesus of Suburbia – Have We Tamed the Son of God to Fit Our Lifestyle?” Initially I was suckered into picking up the book by the cover (insert old adage here)…. I’m totally graphic/design hound. At any rate, turns out this is going to be a great read. I tackled about 40 pages yesterday and hope to devour the book by the end of the week.

Here’s a sound byte: “What if everything you’ve grown up knowing about Jesus is wrong? Mike believes that we have lost the real Jesus right in the middle of Christian prayer meetings, Bible studies, and worship services. ‘We have never really embraced the messages and movement of Jesus Christ as a call to revolution, ‘ he writes. ‘Instead, we have gotten comfortable with a watered-down, white-washed, religiously safe version of him.’

The Jesus of Suburbia paints a disturbing picture of an imitation Jesus many have been taught to worship, on that little resembles the revolutionary, life-transforming Jesus of Nazareth. It ask whether we want to be swept up by the real Jesus into a culture-impacting movement of God, or are we satisfied with merely living for comfort and financial success in the status quo? But take notice: Jesus’ real revolution is not of the faint of heart or the middle of the road. It is not safe and it is certainly not comfortable.”