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  <body>Reviewing it as potential ministry material.</body>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[More than anything, this book bugged me at times. It wasn't nearly as &quot;get out and get dirty loving people and serving them for Jesus&quot; like Claiborne, Yankowski, etc. Instead, they talked a lot about confronting sin, which got a lot of talk but not a lot of discussion of the perspective they both come from (they seem to both be pretty conservative evangelicals). They talk a lot about personal faith, personal relationship, and not being lazy in the faith, all of which are valuable things but need to be pulled out of these small, angry contexts for these two guys. The books narrative fails in large part to teach, as it actually is set-up as a dialogue between the two authors, and one of them spends much of the first several chapters talking about himself over and over.<br/><br/>From both a personal and a ministry standpoint, this book is better off in the recycle bin. ]]></body>
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