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It is different candy, but the same wrapper.

She turns to the early church fathers to show us that progressive Christianity is “nothing new under the sun”. The author doesn’t simply present us truth she does meticulous research in challenging the claims of people like Rob Bell, Nadia Bolz Weber, Rachel Held Evans and Brian McLaren. This book is the story of how she “reconstructs” her faith by God’s grace and solid historical research. Initially, she did not have the answers, but she was determined to find them out. The doctrine of original sin, the virgin birth of Christ, the atonement, the resurrection, the doctrine of hell and even the very inspiration and authority of the Bible were all challenged. The attempt by the pastor was an attempt at “deconstruction”, which eventually pushed her to examine the foundations of historic Christianity. Through the book, she writes about how her progressive pastor challenged her initially unreflective conservative Christian faith. The best thing for me about the book is the author’s easy conversational style of writing. It’s a brilliant book, a book that I hope is read by many. Along the way, she gives enough evidence to the truths of historic Christianity, thereby deconstructing progressive Christianity with both wit and wisdom. In “Another Gospel?”, Alisa Childers takes us on a fascinating intellectual journey, where her initially thoughtless faith was challenged by a progressive pastor asking provocative questions of the Bible’s authority and inspiration. Lee Strobel said that this book “may be the most influential book you will read this year.” After reading it, I find it hard to disagree with him.