Jesus Drives Me Crazy!: Lose Your Mind, Find Your Soul

by Leonard Sweet

The gospel presents a life-changing NUTS wisdom that conflicts with normal ways of making sense of the world. There is the World According to Normal. There is the World According to NUTS . . . where... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310232244
• ISBN13: 9780310232247
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A book for Christians that want to be thinking disciples

Sweet wrote this book to help those of us that are Christ's followers (aka disciples) that what to think about what on earth we are doing. This is not to say that this is a book that requires a PhD in Theology to understand. It is a book that you don't just pick up, do a quick read, and say "well that we nice". It is a book that you read, and say "so how does that effect how I do life right now???"

Great job of contextualizing the gospel

As the previous review said, this book is much better than the cover or the title lets on. Sweet has another brilliant book in which he explores the incarnation and the contextualization of the gospel. I will include a couple meaningful quotes. "The Church opposes biological cloning, but practices spiritual cloning with particular relish and finesse." "One of our problems is that we have failed to be as good at cultural exegesis as we are at biblical exegesis. We are better at God-Talk than God-Walk in this new culture that is aborning." "Very early in the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo says he wishes the master ring had not been found in his lifetime. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to seen such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." I definately recommend this book to those seeking to live out the gospel in their present world.

So much better than the title or cover let on...

Leonard Sweet is one of the most important Christian voices speaking to the church today. I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Sweet speak on the topic of "Being There" a year or two before, and when I heard that he was taking that subject and expanding it into a book, I was quite excited. When I actually found the book, the title and cover threw me for a loop. "Jesus Drives Me Crazy?" Dropping a can of nuts on the ground? Hmmm... Second thoughts started creeping into my head. However, based on the power and message of what I'd heard Dr. Sweet say, I went ahead and bought it. I was so glad that I did... Thankfully, the book itself is just as good, if not perhaps even a little better, than I had hoped, and Dr. Sweet even expanded it from "Be There" to "Be There With All." The concept of "being there" - knowing your face (character) and knowing your place (context) - is something that every Christian needs to hear and take to heart. Even though it's now been four years since I heard Dr. Sweet speak, and a couple of years since I first read this, the message still rings in my head as loud and as clear as the first time I heard it. God bless Leonard Sweet for having the courage to use his God-given character in our seemingly God-forsaken context, and being a voice that God has used to bring about change in my life. Read this book, and see how God challenges you to be there with all...