There is much good, much good in this book.

At this point I guess we;ll just have to disagree that a book written to Christians about expanding their call in a culture must/should include an indepth delineation of something assumed…

That said, I’ll launch one disappointment I had with the book. I suppose he did not include many examples or applications so we would have to figure it out and apply it ourselves… I would have liked more illustrations of what his “call” looks like when applied.

Context is everything – thanks.

The book is a great treatise on the expanse of our calling, and humanitarian works are largely the core which have many times been neglected within the church. The message of personal faith, and indeed the gospel itself, has been neglected in the book.

Perhaps it was as some have suggested intentional. It would be well for us to remember, when we see the Risen Christ He will display hands full of wounds, not hands full of food. There is at least a message of our foundational calling in that revelation.

My statement was in response to this statement.
The entire church approach gives new insights into Biblical commands pertaining to the church, and that is good. The book is entitled “God Wants to Save Christians”, not the church, (emphasis mine)

I was pointing out that I believed Mr. Freuh was constructing a dichotomy where one does not exist.

Is not the church comprised of Christians? That’s like saying the book is written to white people not the human race. – Joe

Joe, I don’t follow what your point is here. How does this comment relate to the book being written to Christians?

And I would say that someone could write a book to/for white people but not the whole human race.

Isn’t it strange that some of the very ones who are crying out that Bell needs to put statments in context usually don’t care about context?

Sort of like this…