Book Review: The Way of the Dragon or The Way of the Lamb

 

The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb

Searching for Jesus’ Path of Power in a Church that Has Abandoned It

by Jamin Goggin; Kyle Strobel

Nelson Books 

Thomas Nelson

 Christian 

Pub Date 31 Aug 2021

I am reviewing a copy of The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb through Nelson Books/Thomas Nelson and Netgalley:

This book asks the question Why do so many rock-star pastors implode under the spotlight?  Why is it that that modern day churches sometimes come so entangled in growing their brand that they lose sight of their true purpose?  According to Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel, Christians have succumbed to the temptations of power and forgotten Jesus’ seemingly contradictory path to power first giving it up.

In The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb, Goggin and Strobel paint a richly biblical vision of power through weakness.  The authors invite their readers to join them on an adventure around the world, seeking out great sages of the faith with uncommon wisdom to offer those traveling the path of Christian life.  As readers eavesdrop on the authors’ conversations with people such as J. I. Packer, Dallas Willard, Marva Dawn, John Perkins, Jean Vanier, James Houston, and Eugene Peterson, they begin to piece together the new-old reality of following Jesus today. 

The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb offers a compelling vision of the way of Jesus that will challenge both individual believers and the church as a whole.

I give The Way of the Dragon, or the Way of the Lamb five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!