Think Red

Imagine a congregation that treats the teachings of Jesus, the passages some Bibles set in red, as directions to live by rather than ideas to admire. What would such a church look like, and would the neighborhood around it stay the same? The book asks whether people who identify as followers of Jesus actually share what he cherished, and whether they would be different if they did.

Larry Stoess examines the core values, guiding vision, and purpose of Jesus, then turns that same lens on today's communities to see how closely they resemble him. The exercise invites honest self-examination. Readers who take it seriously may find themselves stepping away from a faith shaped by consumer habits and toward the way of Jesus.

According to the description, people who make that shift are released to imagine community in inventive and playful forms.