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Summary: A Reforming Book
Review: Informative, eye-opening and extremely thought-provoking. Mr Carter has done a superb job of writing well in a rather small book (I could have read another 500 pages by this author) and providing troubling history graced with hope. I was so profoundly impacted that I even acquired 3 of the books on his recommended-reading list and will probably get others.
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Summary: Pastoral, Challenging, Honest and Encouraging
Review: This book was a hard read. Not because it's language is difficult -- it isn't. In fact, Carter's style is clear and fluid. And not because the concepts are intricate -- they're not. The ideas are actually rather straightforward. And it wasn't that I disliked the content, because as uncomfortable as the truth might be, I still prefer it to complacency.This book was a hard read because it's painful to think about the way black Christians have been mistreated by white Christians throughout American history. And it was a harder read because it points out that mistreatment continues. It was hard because it made me weep for my brethren of all races, and because it made me hunger for reconciliation that I cannot reach quickly enough. In short, it was hard because it was real. And in this case, reality is hard. But it's not bitter. In fact, the book is anything but a tirade against the oppressor. It's pastoral. It's insightful. It's forgiving. It inspires compassion. And it's wise, written by a man that has personally jumped the chasm and tied his rope to both sides, and who now shows all of us how to do the same so that together we might build a bridge. Thanks, Pastor Carter, for loving the church enough to write this, for loving truth enough to be honest and accurate, and for loving Christ enough to do it with a shepherd's hand.
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