nuChristian: Finding Faith in a New Generation
Russell E. D. Rathbun
Judson Press, 2009, 192 pp., $15.00, JudsonPress.com
Are we meant to save people or love people? This is just one of many questions raised in this provocative book. Beginning with a concise overview of postmodernism that paints a picture of people who value complexity, rich content and relationships, nuChristian quickly moves into a thoughtful discussion of what it means to be authentically Christian.
Rathburn writes from solid biblical foundations and years of experience using every known method of evangelism and discipleship on two continents. Much of the book is a thought-provoking response to the criticisms described in unChristian by Kinnaman and Lyons.
The proposition to love people rather than save people will challenge readers to reconsider their theology of the Great Commission as making disciples is portrayed as a process of loving, serving and being with people in their humanity rather than befriending people with ulterior motives of manipulating them into doing what God wants them to do.
