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Overview

There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition to their building. Our local newspaper ran a front-page story not too long ago about a study revealing that one in five people in our city lives in poverty. This is a book about those two numbers.

Jesus Wants to save Christians is a book about faith and fear, wealth and war, poverty, power, safety, terror, Bibles, bombs, and homeland insecurity.

It's about empty empires and the truth that everybody's a priest. It's about oppression, occupation, and what happens when Christians support, animate and participate in the very things Jesus came to set people free from.

It's about what it means to be a part of the church of Jesus in a world where some people fly planes into buildings while others pick up groceries in Hummers.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780310275022
  • Publisher: Zondervan
  • Publication date: 9/28/2008
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 295,002
  • Product dimensions: 6.40 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Rob Bell
Rob Bell

Rob Bell lives with his family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he's the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church. Rob is the author of Velvet Elvis, Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, and Drops Like Stars. He also appeared in a pioneering series of twenty-four short films called NOOMA, as well as in longer version DVDs— The Art of the Sermon, Everything is Spiritual, The Gods Aren't Angry, and Drops Like Stars. Visit the author online at www.robbell.com. SPANISH BIO: Rob Bell es el pastor fundador de la Iglesia Biblica Mars Hill en Grandville, Michigan. Es graduado de la Universidad de Wheaton en Illinois y tiene una maestria en divinidad del Seminario Teologico Fuller en Pasadena, California. Rob es autor de Una obra de arte original, Sexo Dios y Jesus quiere salvar a los cristianos, entre otros. Tambien aparece en la primera serie de peliculas cortas a la que se ha denominado NOOMA. Rob y su esposa, Kristen, tienen tres hijos y residen en Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Don Golden is senior vice president of church engagement at World Relief in Baltimore, Maryland. His passion to help churches help the poor and oppressed has taken him to more than 60 countries. Prior to his current role, he served as lead pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church from 2005 to 2008. Don and his wife, Lynn, have three daughters, Emily, Olivia, and Sophie and a dog named Buckwheat. SPANISH BIO: Don Golden es el vicepresidente primero de compromiso eclesial en World Relief, Baltimore, Maryland. Su pasion por ayudar a las iglesias y a los pobres y oprimidos lo ha llevado a mas de sesenta paises. Antes de su actual funcion, sirvio como pastor principal en la iglesia Mars Hill Bible Church desde 2005 hasta 2008. Don y su esposa Lynn tienen tres hijas: Emily, Olivia y Sophie, y un perro llamado Buckwheat.

Biography

Reverend Rob Bell is a bestselling Christian author and the founding pastor of Mars Hill, a rapidly growing mega-church located in Grandville, Michigan. He is the featured speaker in the first sequence of NOOMA, a series of spiritual short films that investigate questions of faith and explore the world from the perspective of Jesus. In 2005, he published his first book, Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith, a fresh take on Christianity that emphasizes inclusiveness, flexibility, love, and forgiveness. His 2007 follow-up, Sex God, explores the connections between sexuality and spirituality and was described by Publishers Weekly as a book that "joyfully ties, and then tightens, the knot between God and humankind."

Bell and his wife, Kristin, live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with their two sons.

Good To Know

A few interesting outtakes from our interview with Bell:

"I've never had a cup of coffee."

"A couple years ago, I hit my head doing a flip on a wakeboard and for three days I had to be told who I was and that I was married and had kids."

"The first time I shared the ideas for Velvet Elvis with a publisher, they were convinced that it was actually six books. I remember thinking, Six books? I don't know if I can even write one!"

"My boys and I are into any sort of board you can ride. Wakeboard, skateboard, snowboard, surf board, etc."

    1. Hometown:
      Grand Rapids, Michigan
    1. Date of Birth:
      August 23, 1970
    2. Place of Birth:
      Lansing, Michigan
    1. Education:
      B.S., Wheaton College, 1992; M. Div., Fuller Seminary, 1995

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JESUS WANTS TO SAVE CHRISTIANS
 A Manifesto for the Church in Exile
By Rob Bell Don Golden
Zondervan
Copyright © 2008
Rob Bell and Don Golden
All right reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-310-27502-2


Chapter One JESUS WANTS TO SAVE CHRISTIANS THE CRY OF THE OPPRESSED

The first book of the Bible ... Exodus?

Well, yes, and, of course, no.

No, because the first book of the Bible is Genesis. At least when a person picks it up and starts reading from the "in the beginning God created" part.

And yes, because many scholars see Exodus, the second book of the Bible, as the book in which the central story of redemption begins - liberation from Egypt.

Egypt, the superpower of its day, was ruled by Pharaoh, who responded to the threat of the growing number of Israelites in his country by forcing them into slavery. They had to work every day without a break, making bricks, building storehouses for Pharaoh.

Egypt is an empire,

built on the backs of Israelite slave labor,

brick by

brick by

brick.

But right away in the book of Exodus, there is a disruption. Things change. And the change begins with God saying:

"I have indeed seen the misery of my people ..."

"I have heard them crying out ..."

"I have come down to rescue them ..."

"I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them ..."

A God who sees and hears. A God who hears the cry. The Hebrew word used here for cry is sa'aq, and we find it all throughout the Bible. Sa'aq is the expression of pain, the ouch, the sound we utter when we are wounded.

But sa'aq is also a question, a question that arises out of the pain of the wound. Where is justice? Did anybody see that? Who will come to my rescue? Did anybody hear that? Or am I alone here?

Sa'aq is what Abel's blood does from the ground after he's killed by his brother.

The Israelites are oppressed, they're in misery, they're suffering - and when they cry out, God hears.

This is a God who always hears the cry.

This is central to who God is: God always hears the cry of the oppressed.

The cry inaugurates history. It kicks things in gear. It shakes things up and gets them moving. The cry is the catalyst, the cause, the reason that a new story unfolds.

But God in this story doesn't just hear the cry. God does something about it. The exodus is how God responds to the cry.

Think about your life. What are the moments that have shaped you the most? If you were to pick just a couple, what would they be? Periods of transformation, times when your eyes were opened, decisions you made that affected the rest of your life.

How many of them came when you reached the end of your rope?

When everything fell apart?

When you were confronted with your powerlessness?

When you were ready to admit your life was unmanageable?

When there was nothing left to do but cry out?

For many people, it was their cry,

their desperation,

their acknowledgment of their oppression,

that was the beginning of their liberation.

When we're on top, when the system works for us, when we are capable of managing our lives, what is there for God to do?

But the cry - the cry inaugurates redemptive history. These slaves in Egypt cry out and God hears and something new happens. Things aren't how they were. Things change.

These slaves are rescued from the oppression of Egypt.

* EGYPT

In the Bible, Egypt is a place, a country, a nation where the story begins. But it's much, much more. To understand how central Egypt is to the flow of the biblical story, we have to go back to the introduction to the Bible, to the garden of Eden.

(Continues...)


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Copyright © 2008 by Rob Bell and Don Golden. Excerpted by permission.
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Table of Contents

Contents INTRODUCTION TO THE INTRODUCTION....................P007
INTRODUCTION AIR PUFFERS AND RUBBER GLOVES....................P011
CHAPTER ONE THE CRY OF THE OPPRESSED....................P021
CHAPTER TWO GET DOWN YOUR HARPS....................P051
CHAPTER THREE DAVID'S OTHER SON....................P075
CHAPTER FOUR GENITAL-FREE AFRICANS....................P093
CHAPTER FIVE SWOLLEN-BELLIED BLACK BABIES, SOCCER MOMS ON PROZAC, AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST....................P117
CHAPTER SIX BLOOD ON THE DOORPOSTS OF THE UNIVERSE....................P141
EPILOGUE BROKEN AND POURED....................P171
ENDNOTES....................P183

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  • Posted January 5, 2010

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    New exodus theology made accessible...

    Most of us know at least a few "bible stories." But precious few people in our modern times have ever endeavored to understand the bible as a complete narrative.

    I have studied new exodus Theology for years now and I think Rob did an excellent job presenting it in the medium he had (for another short example of this read "Jesus for President" by Shane Claiborne).

    I teach part time, and my students and I read the bible this way (as a narrative not as broken stories) it usually takes a year or more of regular reading, studying, and reflection to really dig into the whole biblical narrative. But here Rob presents it in an accessible way that helps to put the pieces together.

    In the end Rob's point, and its a good one, is that we need to adjust our lives to match our theology, NOT adjust our theology to match our way of life.

    I hope you find the time in your busy life to listen for God as he tries to call you out of the culture of comfort you currently live in.

    Grace and Peace

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  • Posted June 29, 2009

    Big disappointment

    A good friend of mine recommended this book. He's from California. I'm from the Bible Belt. After trying to read the first three chapters I gave up and took it to Half Price Books to sell. It's too off the wall for me.

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    It was okay, but didn't finish reading

    I thought it would be showing something interesting in point of view. And the longer I read it the less I cared to continue, so I stopped reading it.

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  • Posted December 17, 2009

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    Thoughtful reading for any Christian

    As always, Rob Bell questions the traditional and uncompromising beliefs held by many modern Christians. So often held hostage by the difference in doctrines between different Christian denominations, today's Christians have much to gain by reading Rob's thoughts on the real message and mandate given to us by Christ: show compassion to all. Rob challenges Christians to go beyond the walls of their church and follow this mandate, the only true way to follow Jesus. He always insists on cutting away all the details that keep us apart, presenting in simple words the real message of the New Testament.

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  • Posted June 18, 2009

    The Truth Hurts

    Rob Bell's prophetic exhortation calls the Church to return to her original calling: to make disciples of the Resurrected Christ...

    This book challenges the reader to pledge allegiance to another Way, and to remember where we came from; exile to liberation.

    - Jerry DePoy Jr.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 6, 2011

    Fresh Biblical Perspective

    The content puts a fresh perspective on the Bible and its core purpose. Bell is a theological poet and uses word imagery that really impacts biblical perspective. Worth the read, plus at least one or two more.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 14, 2009

    Bell Does It Again

    I found this book to be very enjoyable. Bell takes the reader on a journey of Empires, Oppression and ultimately Exodus. I love how all the insight provided into the traditions and customs of the Jewish people during both the days of Moses and Jesus and how it affects what is written in the Bible, it makes so much sense. Of course, the story doesn't just focus on past events, but places the focus on the present and what the churches responsibility is according to the scripture towards the poor and oppressed. It's an easy read, but once you finish, you'll be both inspired and challenged in your faith.

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    Posted December 6, 2009

    good overview

    The content is very good. The author outlines the bible; makes it easy to understand and gives his own insights. Well thought out and put together in a very comprehensive manner.

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    It is a wonderful book, you will be thinking about .... for days and days ! It is also a great book for a book club discussion.

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