The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, (Paperback)

from elfortunawe

Peter J.Gomes is a good writer. He's obviously well-educated and widely read, and makes thorough use of that background in this book. He reminds me very much of C.S. Lewis. What makes much of his writing, but especially this book, so interesting is his how old-fashioned he is. He is a truly conse...

from auntieknickers

The culmination of Gomes' trilogy which started with [book: The Good Book], this book was pretty much preaching to the choir as far as I was concerned, so of course I liked it. Also, Gomes uses hymns to make his point a lot of the time, which was great. As a gay, liberal Christian, chaplain at "G...

from revslick

Peter's first book looked at the Bible. His second book looks at how we live it out emphasizing that the Bible is the beginning of the gospel. He fluidly highlights that Jesus' teaching isn't defined by the Left or Right, fundamentalist/liberal but had plenty to afflict and heal all. Then he move...

from gdill

Good, but not great. The ramblings of a liberal Christian. And, I don't say this in a negative way, for I myself am liberal in many views. Made for a good read, but I thought the book lost it's luster towards the end as it seemed to become rather repetitive on the same issues (oppression, racism,...