![]() Even though I don’t fancy myself as a watchblogger, I do enjoy critically engaging with Christian books. Plenty of reviewers have noticed that the huge number of evangelical readers out there have created a market for this kind of Christian publishing. Not all high print volume books have these flaws, but I’ve read a few of them to know their common characteristics. In order to aim for a wide audience, they have to minimize doctrinal distinctives, focus on motivation and practice, and sugar-coat the materials so it goes down easy. ![]() It’s just that they often have significant flaws as “lower common denominator” books. Not that there isn’t anything valuable in these sorts of mass-market volumes. You know which ones I mean: The Purpose Driven Life, Jesus Calling, The Gospel According to Veggie Tales. (Hey, I’m a pastor, so I’ve come to expect people will ask about these.) Unfortunately for these folks, I rarely read any of those “It” books that every evangelical Christian is talking about all at once. ![]() Usually it’s a popular Christian book, sometimes a bestseller. Every now and then I get asked whether I’ve read such-and-such a book.
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