Over on another blog, I found a review of Josh Harris’ book of the title above. I must now go read the book for myself. Meanwhile here is an excerpt from the review by Tim Challies:
Harris believes that many, and perhaps even the majority of Christians, have a fear of committment to the church. Rather than committing to a local body of believers, most Christians “date the church,” refusing to commit to a long-term relationship. He says, “This is my third book on relationships, but it’s unlike any of my previous books…this book is about how you should relate to the family of God” (page 12). In Failing to commit to the church, we cheat ourselves, we cheat our church community and we cheat the world.
The review may be seen at http://www.challies.com/archives/book-reviews/book-review-sto.php
September 20, 2007 at 12:19 am
Randy Harris is dead on. We need to be reminding each other constantly that this Christian life, which found us, is not about us nor is it for our glory. The Christian life is about God and His church, for His glory.