i'm about to finish Erwin McManus' latest book. i had hesitated to buy it because i knew that it would be an extrapolation of a message i heard him give a few years ago in Atlanta. however, it is such an amazingly good and compelling message, that i had to at least read what i knew again, while enjoying the parts i had never heard/seen before.
anyway, The Barbarian Way is the call to be the church that was founded, before it became a part of civilized culture. to be the redemptive and revolutionary movement of light against darkness, not the passive going through the motions institution it has tended to become.
in the book, McManus writes about an uprising -- an uprising that i've seen glimpses of througout this summer as i've interacted with believers from two continents, different races/ethnicities, and each generation. the uprising is the burning in our spirits from, i believe, the fire of the Holy Spirit Himself -- a burning to refine what we've become and to become something more, something much more
"Two thousand years ago God started a revolt against the religion He started. So don't ever put it past God to cause a groundswell movement against churches and Christian institutions that bear His name. If He was willing to turn Judaism upside down, don't think for a moment our institutions are safe from a divine revolt. I am convinced that even now there are multitudes of followers of Jesus Christ who are sick and tired of the church playing games and playing down the call of God. My travels only confirm that the murmurings of revolution are everywhere. I am convinced that there is an uprising in the works and that no one less than God is behind it."
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