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Jake Colsen, an overworked and disillusioned pastor, happens into-a stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance (in manner)-to the apostle John. A number of encounters with John as well as a family crisis lead Jake to a new understanding of what his life should be like: one filled with faith bolstered by a steady, close relationship with the God of the universe. Facing his own disappointment with Christianity, Jake must forsake the habits that have made his faith rote and rediscover the love that captured his heart when he first believed.Compelling and intensely personal, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO CHURCH ANYMORE relates a man's rebirth from performance-based Christianity to a loving friendship with Christ that affects all he does, thinks, and says. As John tells Jake, "There is nothing the Father desires for you more than that you fall squarely in the lap of his love and never move from that place for the rest of your life."

Rating : - Wow. How refreshing
I enjoyed this fresh story of a man learning what depending on and walking with our Father looks like that I have already started reading another Jacobsen book (He Loves Me). I would highly recommend people that are in church and have grown up in church or are tired of church to read this. It calls into question the motives and standards by which most churches reflect what christianity looks like. It doesn't speak to leaving church and actually hate that the title is what it is because I think it has the potential to turn off some of the people in the church that could benefit most from it. It does speak to leaving the traps of "church" we have fallen into and allow it to become more about Him then us. As I said earlier I highly recommend this book!