Review: Irresistible Faith

It's been a long time since I posted a book review here, but being invited to help Scott Sauls launch his new book is as good a time as any to post some thoughts.

One of the most compelling things to me about Christianity is a view of the gospel that is restorative. My childhood theology viewed the gospel more as a 'get-out-of-hell-free-card' that had much less to do with the here and now. So why bother making the world a better place? The perspective shift that Scott outlines and invites us to imagine is truly irresistible. What if Christians did love people, places, and things back to life? (pg. 161) What if we embraced our "universal Christian job description--to use our time, energy, imagination, and resources to leave God's world better than we found it?" (pg. 149) What if we followed Jesus' example of working "for our rescue, restoration, and renewal?" (pg. 141) To see death move in reverse, shattered creation healed, brokenness restored, and everything sad come untrue. That's precisely the sort of mission mission I'd want to join. Sign me up.