{"id":2602,"date":"2010-06-15T09:52:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T15:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:01:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T17:01:53","slug":"if-you-read-one-book-this-year-read-this-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/06\/if-you-read-one-book-this-year-read-this-one.html","title":{"rendered":"If you read one book this year… read this one."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Please read Mere Churchianity<\/em>. It’s the first and only book by Michael Spencer <\/a>(“The Internet Monk”). Michael died of cancer a few weeks back.<\/p>\n

BUY THIS BOOK. AND THEN READ IT<\/a>. You will thank me.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I wrote for the endorsement…<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery Christian, regardless if they\u2019re engaged in church or not, needs to read, discuss, and reread Mere Churchianity.<\/em> Reading this book is like the best of Brennan Manning, Anne Lamott, and Philip Yancey all rolled into one literary experience. This is the best, most easily relatable book about following Jesus that I\u2019ve read in at least ten years. What Michael left behind in words is nothing short of a gift.\u201d \u2014Matthew Paul Turner, author of Churched <\/em>and Hear No Evil<\/em><\/p>\n

Read an excerpt here. <\/a><\/p>\n

And then buy it.
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