A Book A Week #52: The Naked Gospel

OK, the final book of the A Book A Week series and I wish I had something spectacular for you, but I don’t.  I downloaded this book to my iPod’s Kindle reader because it was free.  I have been reading it slowly since October or so.  I really want some of you to read this book, or to hear from some of you who have read this book because I can’t tell if Farley is a genius or a heretic.

OK, maybe heretic is a bit too much, but some of the stuff he says in here makes good, biblical sense, and it makes biblical sense in a scary sort of way.  I just finished it this morning, and I am still processing, and it might get a reread.  On the one hand he lays out the gospel in a very straightforward and easy to understand way.  he tries to free us from some of the ‘religion’ that many of us grew up with.  I know I am a recovering Pharisee and it will be a battle I struggle with for a long time.  Farley does a good job of explaining being dead to sin and what Christ did for us on the cross.  Maybe my hesitation is me trying to hold on to that legalism I put myself under for so many years, or maybe it’s my common sense tingling.  I don’t know.

If you’ve read this one, chime in.  I’d love to hear your take.