Thursday 10 May 2012

Weird Christians I Have Met


In Weird Christians I Have Met, international best-selling author Phil Baker takes a lighthearted approach in his plea for balance in the Christian life. His refreshing look at Christian character is the result of both observation and experience and includes such fascinating characters as End-Time Ed, Judgmental Jill, and Pentecostal Pamela. We are all on a journey and can easily wander off the road, spinning our tires a little on the gravelly shoulder. Let Phil help you get back on track and on the road to true Christlike character.

Editorial Reviews


Review

"These pages offer the voice of Philip Baker; a person of modern sensibility with revealing insights into our idiosyncractic ways. Lucid, Luminous and Logical." --J.John - International Evangelist and Best-Selling Author, UK --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Weird Christians.In Weird Christians I Have Met, international best-selling author Phil Baker takes a lighthearted approach in his plea for balance in the Christian life. His refreshing look at Christian character is the result of both observation and experience and includes such fascinating characters as End-Time Ed, Judgmental Jill, and Pentecostal Pamela. And Phil isn't just pointing fingers. "I could have called this book Weird Christians I Have Been," he says, "because several of them seem strangely familiar to me."We are all on a journey and can easily wander off the road, spinning our tires a little on the gravelly shoulder. Let Phil help you get back on track and on the road to true Christlike character.
(http://www.amazon.com/)

Just  finished  reading  this  book. It  is  funny  insightful  and   challenging. We  who  belong  to  the  world  wide  community  of  believers rub  shoulders  with a variety of Christians. This  book calls  us  to  shun the  extreme, the  bizarre and  the  prejudice that  are  impediments  to  the  church being  an  influential force.
 
In  future  blog posts I  will  present  short  sketches  of  the   'weird  Christians" we  all  have   met  and  most  probably are  one  too.  Or  a  mixture  of  one  or  two. Order  your  copy  from  Amazon.com.  You  will  love  it.

8 Fertilize my soul:

Jada's Gigi said...

How funny! I'll bet i am on several of those pages! I do however find that there is room for most all of them in the body of Christ(look at some of the weirdness in the early churches..lol)...I find that even the extremes are useful...the status quo is so firmly entrenched that it takes an extreme viewpoint sometimes to move the pendulum at all....and somewhere in the midst of it all..there is the order of God....He is forever in control!

Trish said...

I think that we are all Weird in some way...really I do. But God takes all off our weirdnesses (made up word) and makes something beautiful, something that draws others to us. So, that they can see God in us! Not perfect people...just forgiven.
Big Hugs Amrita!

David Edward said...

i love coming here, i never know what you will have for me. Blessings dear sister.

Sita said...
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Sita said...

Haha. When I saw the subject in the newsfeed, I fully expected to be the main feature of your article(;..
But I know where Philip is coming from. Christians who get tunnel vision in one doctrine and try to fit God into their box usually leave you feeling a tad uncomfortable. Unfortunately, these are the ones Hollywood likes to feature in movies.
We all know there was only one 'normal' person Who ever lived. The rest of us are well...plain abnormal(;

Felisol said...

I am glad our God created us as originals and not to become lousy copies.
When I was young I kind of put up a fight to be me, a Christian who was free and freed.
Back then people were inclined to think you had to dress, talk and look in a special way to be a Christian.
I'm glad both Christians and non believers ( I actually found them the worst to condemn)think different today.

Amrita said...

Dear friends, Cheryl, Trish, David, Felisol and Sita thank you for your grea t comments.

I shall attempt to paint some sketche s of these characters in the following posts.

Pat said...

This sounds interesting! I love how you always bring the most timely subjects!