Reviews for How to Be an Open-Minded Christian Without Losing Your Faith

The average rating for How to Be an Open-Minded Christian Without Losing Your Faith based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-31 00:00:00 Bill Smith Brillant. Though i had a few disagreements for the most part this book really is transformative and a must read for Christians, non- Christians and former Christians on a spiritual quest toward a lasting peace in ourselves and our world.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-09 00:00:00 Gary Pyle A good introduction to what someone gravitating to a more liberal understanding of Christianity might believe about some core and contemporary issues. Chapters cover what you can believe about: the Bible, Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, "moral questions" (e.g. abortion, homosexuality, capital punishment, and others), and other religions. In providing an affirmative, strong-faith based approach to such questions that someone raised in or more familiar with a more conservative Christianity might be asking this book could be useful. There does seem to be an unacknowledged basic disconnect in describing what an "open-minded Christian" can or should believe. While most liberals would agree with much of what he suggests as appropriate beliefs, the very idea of telling an "open-minded" Christian what they can or cannot believe feels a bit legalistic and contrary to the very spirit of being "open-minded." An open acknowledgment of this tension and some time spent wrestling with it in addition to the present chapters would have greatly helped this book in my opinion.