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So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jake Colsen, Wayne Jacobsen, Dave Coleman
Publisher: Windblown Media
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 455
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 191
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0964729229
Dewey Decimal Number: 248
EAN: 9780964729223
Publication Date: March 1, 2006
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What would you do if you met someone you thought just might be one of Jesus original disciples still living in the 21st Century? That's Jake's dilemma as he meets a man who talks of Jesus as if he had known him, and whose way of living challenges everything Jake had previously known. So You Don t Want to Go To Church Anymore is Jake s compelling journal that chronicles thirteen conversations with his newfound friend over a four-year period and how those exchanges turn Jake's world upside-down. With his help, Jake faces his darkest fears, struggles through brutal circumstances and comes out on the other side in the joy and freedom he always dreamed was possible. If you're tired of just going through the motions of Christianity and want to mine the depths of what it really means to live deeply in Christ, you ll find Jake s story will give you hope for your own. This book probes the difficult questions and offers some far-reaching answers. It just might turn your world upside-down as well!
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 Faith Rejuvenated January 6, 2009
I fancy myself a Christian, a true believer of Jesus Christ, with endless faith in God and the belief that he loves me no matter what and that through him all things are possible. But, regardless of the fact that I enjoy Sunday service, I've always felt that church was "forced" on me and that I must go to be a good Christian. "So you don't want to go to church anymore" spoke to me about MY relationship with God, and made me look at my relationship and the love of God in a whole new light. I now KNOW that I am a true Christian, and that by faith through His grace I will live an ethernal life with Jesus. Amen! Thanks Jake & Wayne for a GREAT book!
Excellent Book January 6, 2009
Great read once I started couldn't put it down. Will really make you think about your church.
Answers questions you may not yet have asked (out loud) January 4, 2009
Not so much an indictment of 'going to church' as a deep and insightful look at what fallen humanity manages to make of initially good ideas regarding community and fellowship. A unique approach is used here, with the storyteller sharing his growth of understanding as it occurred over 4 years of 'unscheduled' encounters with a man who speaks of Jesus with an intimate knowledge, as though he walked beside Him while on earth. Giving rise to speculation about whether THIS 'John' might be John the Disciple himself, these encounters pull the reader into his own state of wonder about how a first century Christian would view our idea of 'church' in the 21st Century. If you are a person who has been involved in 'church' in the way we often view the Christian religious organizations in America, whether institutional OR house church in form, be prepared to find yourself in uncomfortable descriptions and attitudes that you may well have not ever perceived being part of who you are, as well as a new perspective on systems and leaders you admire and trust. Much of the discomfort comes from realizing what stress and difficulty our systems have inadvertently set up, even for our youngest Sunday School goers, in confusing performance based affirmation with the unearned (I would say agape, though the writer does not use that term) love of God for His children, and the trust relationship He desires us to have with Him each and every day. Read this book! Take from it what God gives you to find, and perhaps you will move into a place of Christ-life that you never dreamed possible, and find your relationship with the Father far more real than heretofore realized.
Fascinating Book December 26, 2008
This book was a fantastic, inspirational and creative story. "So You Don t Want to Go To Church Anymore" is a story of a man's struggle with his religion. The character, Jake, meets a man who just may be one of Jesus' original disciples still alive today. It's a heartfelt story that takes the reader through a maze of emotional turmoil. I hope people will start practicing their religion again with enthusiasm as a result of this book. I'm not a fiction writer but I've always admired those fiction writers who can make up a story with their great imaginations, like Jake Colsen, Wayne Jacobsen and Dave Coleman, for so many people to enjoy. I see people recommending in their reviews my book, "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After One Million Prayers: A Message for Everyone," and I just want them to know how much I appreciate their recommendation. I wrote this book out of love and for the glory of God and Jesus, not for my own fame or fortune. I welcome people to read my book, I'm sure you'll find this non-fiction account of God just as inspiring.
Engrossing Book December 26, 2008
I really enjoyed this book "So You Don t Want to Go To Church Anymore" by Jake Colsen. The character Jake meets a disciple of Jesus in the twenty-first century. He learns from this disciple what it really means to live in the depth of Jesus Christ. I just finished reading another beautiful book entitled "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After One Million Prayers: A Message for Everyone" by John H. Eagan. It also deals with Jesus' great love for us. I'm sure you will find it a great read as well.
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