Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?: ('Cause I Need More Room for My Plasma TV) Author Karen Spears Zacharias believes Christians have been paying good money for a false doctrine: the Cash and Cadillac Gospel. With humor and wit in Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?, Zacharias unpacks story after story of those wh
| TITLE | : | Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?: ('Cause I Need More Room for My Plasma TV) |
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| RATING | : | 4.78 (527 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0310292506 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 240 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2010-02-20 |
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Author Karen Spears Zacharias believes Christians have been paying good money for a false doctrine: the Cash and Cadillac Gospel. With humor and wit in Will Jesus Buy Me a Double-Wide?, Zacharias unpacks story after story of those who use the name of God as a means to living their own good life, as well as some unlikely folks whose genuine faith has led them to a different understanding of wealth.
EDITORIAL :
From Publishers Weekly Zacharias (Where's Your Jesus Now?) pours on the Southern charm in this not-so-gentle diatribe against what she calls the golden-calf theology in America. There are a lot of folks prancing around treating the Bible like an algebra book and God like their personal banker, Zacharias writes, and she is out to find them. She lambastes folks like an unnamed evangelist and adults who exploit children to make money off the faithful, while also sharing stories like that of Sister Schubert and an unnamed Marine, who live with generosity and faith. Zacharias will draw chortles with her colloquialisms and colorful language—he has a buttload of money—but she also exposes how we've started mistaking Christianity for capitalism. The book is long on stories but short on theology, pointed in criticism yet lost in indignation. Some may wish for a more reasoned ap
REVIEW :
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