Premise is we keep eating from the Tree of Good and Evil- the original sin - instead of showing Christ like love. It addresses the mandate for church disciple but has quite of insight into whats been done wrong by the church.

A good book to end 2017 with...on to 2018 ( )

Normally I would not read a book by Boyd, but this was given to me. I think if you are going to read any book by Boyd, it is this one, especially if you are reformed. There is alot that the Reformed movement can learn from this book. ( )

After I finished the book I revisited the GOODREADS reviews and I found that I completely agreed with LARS' review, so here is a copy LARS' review:

Perhaps not so great exegesis, but good theology nonetheless. The idea of the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil" is intriguing, even if his interpretation is taken a bit too far in its application. The motif is not a great theme of the Bible in the sense Boyd would have you believe, but his ideas about judging are quite valid nonetheless, and his concluding chapters are perhaps the most important. The book suffers from Boyd's commitment to explain things exhaustively. He uses way too many words, and there's too much repetition for a book of this genre. He could certainly learn something from his good friend Rob Bell in this respect.

I could not have said it better. ( )