So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore | Jake Colsen, Wayne Jacobsen, ...

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	So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore Jake Colsen, Wayne Jacobsen, ... Windblown Media, 2006 - 191 pages average customer review:based on 82 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A must read

I have found this book to be an answer to the confusion and discouragement
many people feel about their church experience. The book helped me
put the emphasis of my faith back in proper alignment: on the Lord Jesus
Christ and the Word of God, which are always relevant in any age, any
situation. I recommend this book very highly to anyone.

I want everyone to read this book!

This book came at just the right time in my life, tired of religion, tired of working so hard to be accepted by the church system, tired of not having a more vibrant, real relationship with the Lord. As I started to express some of what I feel, I also began to feel the wary and doubting eyes of my church friends who wondered what was going wrong in my life. Then I found the book.

The key issue, in my opinion, is that everything we have is really about and because the Father loves us! It's easy to see this book as an indictment of the modern church, which is fine, but that alone is not the point. The point is HE LOVES US and all this stuff we do in the system of the organized church can easily get in the way of that.

This is one of the most honest, personal approaches to explaining why the systems just doesn't work and why relationship with Him always will. It's not at all condemning, just honest and uses many light-giving questions to get to the heart of the matter. I loved it and want everyone I know to read it!

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Puts words to my feelings

This book was a breath of fresh air. My husband and I left our last church for a number of reasons (some our own misunderstandings, and some valid). However, we sometimes get lonely so decide to go to church for fellowship only to be sorely disappointed every time. I have had numerous relatives voice their concerns that we typically don't go to church anymore, they can't see what see. While the book certainly isn't an anti-church going book, it does show some major flaws with most modern churches today. Most miss out on relationships and become competitive institutions. We love God with all our hearts and feel we are the church. If going to church means listening to others maliciously gossip or make us feel bad about our selves, than of what value does church hold? Although the church we sometimes visit has great sermons and wonderful worship, what we most desire is friendships and relationships, if all we desired was worship and sermons we could stay home and put on a cd or listen to teachings online and remain in the comfort of our own home. Sadly most fellowship opportunities always require the kids one direction the wife in another and the dad in another..we love our family and don't desire to be away from our kids or from each other. We have also tried home churches that were boring and completely uncomfortable, this book really focuses on letting the spirit lead and relationship building. I just really love it!

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Amazing Book!

This may be a life-changing book for you, especially if you have become somewhat disillusioned by the institutional church. This book was not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting it to be a "church bashing" book, and a proponent for "house" churches, as the only viable way to have church. Man, was I wrong! It's riveting - I couldn't put it down until I finished it! I then gave it to my wife to read. Her reaction was much the same as mine. I have since sent the book to several of my family and friends. I have now read it twice, because the principles are not easy to integrate into life immediately, though they are easily understood. I have to allow them to percolate for awhile to even begin to learn to live them out.

I highly recommend this book, especially for those of us who have been hurt and feel disappointed in our experiences with the organized church - including "house" churches. It makes it clear that the Body of Christ is about relationships, not programs and buildings and "professional Christians." It doesn't condemn any of these. It shows us if we substitute these for authentic relationship, we are missing the mark of what God had in mind.

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An exceptional book!

Another exceptional book by Wayne Jacobsen that addresses one of the most profound issues in modern society: Why does going to church makes us feel so empty and unfulfilled after a while, and why is there so much bickering and coercion in what is supposed to be a haven of Grace and fellowship? Fascinating story of one man's seach for a relationship with God and fellowship with others, guided by a mysterious man with some pretty profound advice. I enjoyed the story and went back and underlined my way through it a second time. Its well worth studying and thinking through the implications for modern religious life and how we can have the relationships we always wanted with both God and other believers. [...]... Great book, outstanding topic, highly recommended!!

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