Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

Adam Hamilton, one of the best-selling and most sensible (I think) authors writing for Abingdon Press, is coming out with a new book today, When Christians Get It Wrong.

Here's a small piece of the 8-page excerpt of the book that's available online, explaining some of how Hamilton came to write on this particular topic:( Read more... )

Hamilton is a pastor/preacher/writer who doesn't shy away from addressing the 'hot topics' (see for example his 2008 book attempting to de-polarize the abortion debate among both 'left'- and 'right'-leaning persons of conscience, Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White), so his newest might be worth a look, if you're interested in and/or frustrated by what passes for 'Christian' behavior and values in too much of our public discourse today.

I got an email last week informing me that DVD's of "Lord, Save Us From Your Followers" -- the very funny and very moving documentary I reviewed last September, but which had a far too limited theatrical release for most folks to even get a chance to see it -- are now available for sale:

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In case you missed my review (both times I posted it), I highly recommend this film, primarily for the examples it gives (in the latter half, especially) of Christians getting it right in a number of ways that I found moving and encouraging.