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(More customer reviews)Wow. What a great book! A friend passed this along to me because he knew I was deeply concerned about the teachings of Rob Bell, Brian McLaren and the like. I was hoping for a cogent, compelling, biblical debunking of the emergent movement. What I got was so much more. Stoner has managed to write a book that first and foremost introduces you to the sheer glory of God. With powerful, poetic, prophetic language he helps you to see the terrifying, infinitely loving, worship-worthy reality of the God who has revealed himself in Scripture. This is not only the perfect prescription for the man-centered errors of the emergent church, it was unexpectedly sweet medicine for the subtle cynicism of my own heart. I found myself not only agreeing but worshiping. While Stoner is clearly sympathetic to many of the questions and concerns of the emergent church, he shows that the tragedy of our day, Emergent and Evangelical alike, is that our God and our gospel is simply too small. With compelling, colorful, poetic language he calls us back to a truly God-glorifying, gospel-saturated worldview and lifestyle.
This is great writing. It feels like you are sitting on the back porch having an immensely enjoyable conversation with a really smart, funny, godly man. His story of getting caught by his strict missionary parents in a dusty Chilean movie theatre made me laugh out loud. His description of Jesus quieting the waters ("Calm down! Now!") made me see my Lord with new eyes as one who insisted on walking this earth "as if he owned it".
This is a book for everyone simply because we all need to be challenged by the reality of God as he is - a God who smokes.
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Emergent theology is raising some of the most provocative and divisive questions in the church today. Filled with humorous insights and challenging ideas, The God Who Smokes imagines a twenty-first-century church where hope hangs with holiness, passion sits next to purity, and compassion can relate to character.
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