Terminal Religion

Hi Tyler,

I've backed your Terminal Religion. I like its conversational style.

Thanks for posting.

Neil Cullan McKinlay

Looking forward to this in hard copy, so I can share it with others! I've always said, it' s not about religion, it's about a relationship... thanks for putting pen to paper...

thits is fascinating; you agree with what and who JESUS is. you write well and give an intelligent acount of the SON OF GOD...
l'm afraid l can only give this book 6 stars...
backed.
read SEASONS...

Hello Tyler!

I love the fusion of good writing and sound, grace-based theology. In the past, these two have too often appeared to be an oxymoron. You are successfully merging both. It is so exciting to see a new wave of believers all over who are articulate AND passionate about pursuing relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanks for representing and may God pour out His richest blessings upon you and upon your gifted writing ministry.

James

Love this concept! Religion makes me mad sometimes. They all act so superior holy and working with some of them I can totally tell its all a great big act and it makes me upset. I get tired of being preached and and pushed down by people who think they are better than me. Seeing how Jesus is not like that, but that He is actually opposed to religion, that is really cool. I want to find a place that can not be religion but can be about Jesus! Happy to back this one!

Powerful read, very relevant. Reminded me of the Jesus > Religion video on youtube.

awesome book, what a great read. I hope to see churches and people actually start doing this. You have a refreshing take and perspective on an old hat issue. Great work

what a great read. Engaging, real, and relevant.

What a pleasure to read. Your book is refreshing! I have long struggled in a religious church and felt like something was out of place. I have not been able to put my finger on what until now. I cant wait to see this book in stores so I can pick it up and share it with my friends.

I love what you have done with this book. At first I was thinking: "just what we need another Christian book complaining about the church." I was wrong. Seeing the comparisons and ideas throughout this book I understand what you are saying and I agree. Terminal Religion addresses a key problem in the church today and offers real, practical solutions. This is everything you could ask for in a book. I hope it gets published soon so I can get a copy!

You talk about the need to be Jesus-centered. The main scripture which supports the Jesus-centered theology is John xiv. 23-26. Here Jesus says those who love Him keep his words, and those who don't love Him do not keep His words. Jesus said quite a few words. If you take everything that Jesus said, and if you obeyed, believed, and taught Christ's words, then you have a Religion. You say the church is the universal kingdom of God made up of many churches? Matthew xvi 13-19 says there is one True Church. This True Church is not a conglomeration of sects with conflicting creeds. There is one coherent creed in the True Church. Haven't you ever read Jeremiah xxxi. 31-34? It say God will write His new covenant on the hearts of His people. The Divine Law is not a collection of conflicting creeds! You say that if a person doesn't like the way things are going at his church he should not leave it, `like a wuss,' he should stay and fight. The ELCA has gay clergymen, supports the pro-choice position and other Liberal doctrines. How is one supposed to fight this? The ELCA has chosen the path it wants to take. If you don't like it, leave. It doesn't do any good to stay and fight, that just creates strife and hatred. You say Religion is against God because Religion wants to be God. Who says that besides you? Name me one person beside you who would say that is his definition of religion? Christianity is a religion with rules! If you got issues with ruules you have issues with God. Haven't you ever read II Thess i. 8? Haven't you ever read Galatians i. 8? Ever read John xv.6? Ever read Luke xiii. 3? That's Jesus talking in the last two scriptures. It's about rules. if you reject Christ's words then what does John xiv. 23-26 say? If you don't accept John xiv. 23-26 then just say so. Your definition of Religion (Religion is against God because it wants to be God) is your definition. It's not the definition recognized by millions of people. To millions of Christians, Religion is a good thing. Have you ever read Matthew xxvi. 28, John xiv. 23-26, Matthew xvi. 13-19, Jeremiah xxxi. 31-34, Galatians i. 8, II Thess i. 8 etc., etc. This is religion. If you don't like it, if you want to throw John xiv. 23-26 away, and throw II Thess i. 8 away, then that's your business. But if you keep these scriptures and live by them, then you have a religion. You're just screwing with people's minds by saying junk like: `Religion wants to be God.' J

Scrap the book, man. Scrap it and start over. But first decide if you want to reject or accept John xiv. 23-26. If you want to accept John xiv. 23-26, then you got to live by some religious rules, and that's Religion.

And yet Jesus has constant conflict with the religious people of His day. If you took the time to read even the first chapter before drawing your conclusion you would see that I separate religion that is Jesus centered and focused from 'abusive religion' which is the negative type I am encouraging people to avoid. Sorry if you don't agree with my terminology but I would encourage you to actually read some of the book before drawing conclusions about it and leaving negative feedback.

Hi Tyler, Sorry, but I'm not a fan of your pitches. You say: `Religion is man's attempt to cut Jesus out of the equation of life.' And you say: `Throughout the Gospels we see that Jesus offers forgiveness to people without demanding they follow a routine.' In Luke xiii.5 Jesus says repent or perish, that is, we have to `get into the routine' of doing good or else we will perish. The Sermon on the Mount gives the beatitudes as well as a sermon on hellfire. Matthew xxv. 41-46 basically tells people they need to get into the routine of helping the poor, or else we will be damned. That's also what the parable of Lazarus and the rich man says. I Peter iv. 8 says `Love covers a multitude of sins.' One must get into the routine of having love in one's heart. One must have love to have grace. I see Malachi iii. 5, though part of the Old Testament, as a key statute in the New Law. We have the new covenant - recall Christ's words at the Last Supper - and recall Jeremiah xxxi. 31-34. As you know the new covenant is also known as the New Law, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The New Law, the Gospel, is a Religious Law. The Gospel is a religious code of laws. We should not abandon the word `Religion' nor cast it out as an evil word. You have issues with Christians who diagree with your version of Christianity. You call their version `Religion' and I don't know what you call your version of Christianity, but, evidently, it is not a `religion.' Perhaps you have great and true religious ideas, but they are still religious ideas. I don't see any way for you to write coherently if you adopt the position that all Religion is the friend of the devil, when you mean to say that there are many Religious practices and traditions which are corrupt and phony. All the best to you, Bill Etem

Looking forward to this in hard copy, so I can share it with others! I've always said, it' s not about religion, it's about a relationship... thanks for putting pen to paper...

Hi Tyler,

This won't be to everyone's taste, but it is an interesting and well written essay told in an unusual style. One thing I would do if I were you, is to split your first chapter up into shorter ones, at least for this forum. The actual book can have chapters as long or as short as you like but on this site, people will tend to choose the shorter chapters to review - it's just human nature.

I did spot a couple of typos in the first chapter. You have 'we to choose from' and 'to answers to'.

Ron

I can resonate with this. Good Luck

thits is fascinating; you agree with what and who JESUS is. you write well and give an intelligent acount of the SON OF GOD...
l'm afraid l can only give this book 6 stars...
backed.
read SEASONS...

Hi Tyler,

I've backed your Terminal Religion. I like its conversational style.

Thanks for posting.

Neil Cullan McKinlay

Hello Tyler!

I love the fusion of good writing and sound, grace-based theology. In the past, these two have too often appeared to be an oxymoron. You are successfully merging both. It is so exciting to see a new wave of believers all over who are articulate AND passionate about pursuing relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanks for representing and may God pour out His richest blessings upon you and upon your gifted writing ministry.

James

Love this concept! Religion makes me mad sometimes. They all act so superior holy and working with some of them I can totally tell its all a great big act and it makes me upset. I get tired of being preached and and pushed down by people who think they are better than me. Seeing how Jesus is not like that, but that He is actually opposed to religion, that is really cool. I want to find a place that can not be religion but can be about Jesus! Happy to back this one!

Well, I love UFC so when I started reading this I was taken in by the symbolism you used. Straight forward, blunt, honest look at the difference between religion and the person of Jesus. My experience with religion is very much on par with what you are saying here. Good luck with this one, hope it does well.