Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope Audiobook

" Brian D. McLaren is one of the "emergents" mentioned in The Great Emergence. Taking a look at his writing to gain some perspective. "

" McClaren has a way of making complex issues easy to comprehend and forces you to wrestle with them instead of being paralyzed. Appropriate for living in Berkeley, CA:) "

" Just started it, but I am excited about it. It is written in a more interesting style than several I have read recently, and his premeses seem to be right on target. "

" Intriguing and complicated book, and I agreed with many of his ideas. I may reread it sometime. "

" A thoughtful book. Author chastises Christians for focusing almost solely on divisive issues. He challenges us to move beyond these issues and focus on several important Global issues, through which all the people of the Earth can be blessed. Issues include: Being good stewards of this Planet, Poverty, The widening gap between have's and have not's, improving relationship between the religions. He uses Jesus life as a blueprint citing how he reached out to Samaritans and Caananites of his day, scolded the wealthy and those who heaped up riches while not helping the poor. I found it insightful and something I will ponder about for some time. "

" The best of Brian McLaren - he really lays it out on the line - no holes barred. Disturbing, hard, truth, compelling, and wonderfully exhilarating! "

" Inspiring! A must-read for all humans. "

" After several other McLaren titles, I thought I'd enjoy this one. Maybe it's about timing, but the writing didn't engage me. His topic holds great potential, but the tone of the writer (see what I know/how I'm thinking) proved distracting to me. "

" It was a good, thought provoking book. My first introduction to McLaren. "

" This book honestly changed my view of what being a christian in the world means. I could not stop reading it & I'm ready to go back and start all over again! "

" Presenting liberation theology. What a disappointment! "

" I enjoy McLaren's writings, although we don't come from the same political perspective at all. This was my least favorite of his books; very preachy with far-reaching policy recommendations that are fairly unrealistic. "

" Some really good points, I'll leave it at that. "

" McLaren is so tough to deal with... he challenges me so much but I always have this uneasiness as to whether he invalidates himself for me to truly respond to... "

" Lots to consider. Very detailed look at mutiple levels of problems. "

" The message is great but it seemed a little arrogant on the part of the author as if he were introducing some great new thought to the reader. "

" we wrestle not against flesha and blood, but against POWERS...against PRINCIPALITIES. Mclaren names names, those principalities (war, overconsumption, de-humanization) and explores ways in which Jesus came to deliver humanity from these as much as our own sin and death. "

" I liked what he had to say, although there was not a whole lot of new information but I found it to be poorly written. I'm just not a big fan of McLaren's writing style but I do like his worldview. "

" Reading this for my Church book group. "

" So much research was put in this book, not a very easy read...you will have to know something about the Bible to read this book and a Christian per say. I believe they spoke about other religious practices, but it was okay. "

" I just started it...so far so good! "