Reading some books.

I have three books in progress. One is Road to Reality by K. P. Johannan. It's basically a very clear criticism of the western church and call to be like Jesus. Maybe we don't have it exactly right... perhaps we aren't even close.

The second is called Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey. A female theologian who talks about how we are hypocrites. Our Sunday morning songs and words don't translate into our lives. To quote good old Billy Graham and D. C. Talk :

"The single biggest cause of atheism in the World today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and then walk out the doors and deny him with their lifestyles... it is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable."


The third is a book titled "The Weigh Down Workshop". I know there are a lot of Christian trendy books and stuff but I think this lady is right on about addiction to food and gluttony. Aren't we as a Americans the kings and queens of over indulgence? I am.

Back to K.P.'s book. Check out this quote from page 44.

"Why do we construct extravagant, over sized, inefficient buildings at all? What dark motive in us makes us want to be the biggest and the best? We need to be asking questions of the pattern since the typical church in America costs as much as 2,000 simple "prayer houses" costs in the Third World. Who taught us that "bigger is better" and that "nothing is too good for the house of the Lord?" Did God tell us this or did we learn it from the world?

I am not jumping off the deep end and chasing a tirade of modern church-bashers. I am not getting off course... I feel like I am finally coming home. Back to reality.