Suburbianity : What Have We Done to the Gospel? Can We Find Our Way Back to Biblical Christianity?

Rick Warren famously wrote, "e;It's not about you."e; But much of the Western church seems to disagree, having settled for a self-centered message of personal fulfillment. With incisiveness and a passionate love for the church, pastor and author Byron Forrest Yawn offers a compelling call away from narcissism and back to the powerful and transforming gospel of Jesus. He shows the difference between...Sunday-morning life coaches selling self-help seminars, and preachers proclaiming God's redemptive work through Christpromises of prosperity and comfort, and a realistic and helpful perspective on sufferingescape from unbelievers and their godless world, and redemptive engagement with peopleAs Byron exposes the false gospel of "e;suburbianity,"e; he offers readers a better alternative: to look beyond themselves and embrace God's call to be His image-bearers and ambassadors, partnering with Him as He restores people and all creation to His original design.