Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers Book Review

About the Book:

A Movement Seeks to Redefine Christianity. Some Think that It Is a Much-Needed Progressive Reformation. Others Believe that It Is an Attack on Historic Christianity.
Alisa Childers never thought she would question her Christian faith. She was raised in a Christian home, where she had seen her mom and dad feed the hungry, clothe the homeless, and love the outcast. She had witnessed God at work and then had dedicated her own life to leading worship, as part of the popular Christian band ZOEgirl. All that was deeply challenged when she met a progressive pastor, who called himself a hopeful agnostic.

Another Gospel? describes the intellectual journey Alisa took over several years as she wrestled with a series of questions that struck at the core of the Christian faith. After everything she had ever believed about God, Jesus, and the Bible had been picked apart, she found herself at the brink of despair . . . until God rescued her, helping her to rebuild her faith, one solid brick at a time.

In a culture of endless questions, you need solid answers. If you or someone you love has encountered the ideas of progressive Christianity and aren’t sure how to respond, Alisa’s journey will show you how to determine—and rest in—what’s unmistakably true.

My Review:

I am impressed with this book. Childers took a class from a progressive pastor and was shaken when her beliefs were questioned. Though she had grown up in the Christian faith, she was unprepared for the experience. She shares here how she investigated the evidence for her beliefs in the face of the questions she had been asked. She now has a reconstructed faith, one not exactly like before but of which she is assured. 

She does a great job of explaining what Progressive Christianity is, reviewing some of the authors and the ideas they promote. She goes through their claims, step by step. She reviews manuscript evidence to support her belief in the Bible, for example. She also investigates the meaning of the atonement and more.

This is a very readable book showing how one young woman came to be challenged in her Christian beliefs and then reassured of that faith. She includes a list of resources for those looking for answers to the questions about the truth of Christianity. She does remind us that rebuilding her own faith took time and effort. With eternity in the balance, being assured of Christian faith is certainly worth the effort.

My rating: 5/5 stars.

About the Author:

Alisa Childers is a wife, a mom, an author, a blogger, a speaker, and a worship leader. She was a member of the award-winning CCM recording group ZOEgirl. She is a popular speaker at apologetics and Christian worldview conferences, including reThink. She has been published at The Gospel Coalition, Crosswalk, the Stream, For Every Mom, Decision magazine, and The Christian Post. Her blog post “Girl, Wash Your Face? What Rachel Hollis Gets Right . . . and Wrong” received more than one million views. You can connect with Alisa online at alisachilders.com.

Tyndale Momentum, 288 pages.

(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)