This book is primarily about the wake-up call that happened as a result of the former scandal. He calls this the first of many what-the-heck moments that happened that caused him to reevaluate his walk with Christ, and his ministry to the Church. In this book he talks about four rumors of God that have crept up in the “suburban church.”
I won’t go through the rumors, I’ll let you pick up a copy of the book and let you do that yourself, but the fourth rumor is the basis for this book. When I read the title, “Secondhand Jesus,” I assumed that it was about spreading the gospel. Instead the title refers to the cosmic game of telephone that many Christians have chosen to play. Rather than getting their information straight from the source (Christ himself through the Bible), they have contented themselves to learning about Him from secondhand sources. This is why when you ask many Christians why they believe what they believe, they can’t tell you. Too many people skipped the steps to reach conclusions, and are satisfied with being told the answers by someone else. I wonder if this isn’t the reason that when I read the book, UnChristian, I saw such a disconnect between who and what Jesus calls His Body to be, and what we actually are.
To talk about each of these rumors, Glenn walks through the story of the Ark of the Covenant. He does so in a straightforward fashion. I found the book an easy read, yet it was deeply insightful and often convicting. I found Glenn’s openness throughout the book to be refreshing. He closes the book with a description of the tragedy that happened only a short time after the scandal that caused him to reevaluate his walk.
I would highly recommend you grab this book. Read it with an open heart and mind
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