Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Why It's More Fun To Be Brave In Your Sinning


1. Rick Warren and American Christianity: What's Good and What's Bad


2. How Purpose-Driven Living Can Lead To a Life That's All About You: The Burden of Self-Centeredness


3. An Augustinian Re-Education about Sin: Relevant Genetic Data


4. An Introduction To Brave Sinning: A God-Centered Life


5. Brave Sinning Makes for a Joyful Life! Neurobiological Data


6. How Brave Sinning Could Change American Life


CONCLUSION Sin Bravely!

Promotional Information

Ellingsen demonstrates that awareness of sin is shown to lead to freedom and joy, as the pressure is removed to do and be good all the time.

About the Author

Mark Ellingsen is the author of many books, including When Did Jesus Become Republican?, Evangelical Movement: Growth, Impact, Controversy, Dialog, and Reclaiming our Roots and Sin Bravely. He is Professor of Church History at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Reviews

"The author believes that Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life is too focued on the self to combat the rampant narcissim of a me-driven culture in modern America...Ellingsen offers important critiques of Warren's purpose-driven faith." -David C. Drebes

It is good to see a challenge to Warren, and those like him…
*Lutheran Quarterly*