 | Funny stuff. Love the cover even! Jan 15, 2007 |
| As a Christian author myself, I see a HUGH need for humor in the Christian world. Turner does a great job of putting the mirror up to us in a very entertaining way. |
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 | Not what I hoped for. . . Jan 3, 2006 |
| I have read several other books from this same publishing company, and the majority of them have been excellent. With this book I was expecting (based on advertisements, real reliable, I know) a book filled with witty, saterical observations, yet holding warm insights and encouragment to sort through this culture of Test-a-mints and Maranatha Music to get to the real Jesus and not the hokey version we see what too much of these days. Ya, it wasn't that at all. It was full of bitterness and just plain bad advice (like encouraging church hopping and not commiting), not to mention the childhood stories of a kid growing up in a very weird, not normal "christian" culture. Like, TV Movie soap opera kind of weird. I am pretty dissappointed with this book. |
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| Matthew Paul Turner, Get out of my head! Oct 5, 2005 |
Run, don't walk to your credit card and order this book. Matthew Paul Turner's description of many well intentioned church folk hit's the nail on the head. I kept thinking as I read that he'd somehow read my mind. Order this book and hear Matthew articulate the thoughts that have been floating around in your head for years.
I look forward to reading the other titles that he's written! |
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| A Refreshing Look at the Church May 20, 2005 |
| Matthew Paul Turner uses both moments of roll-on-the-floor humor and moments of eye-opening honesty to expose many of the idiosyncracies of Christianity in our day and age. He goes all the way with many of his jokes (so any Christian who can't take their Christian culturisms being made fun of be warned) trom a count-down list of what you can do with your old WWJD bracelets to some pretty hillarious (and true) critisisms of "Christian" movies. However, within all of this is some terrific underlying meaning. Turner blasts away the facade of a lot of Christian fads and also rebukes many false preachings and behaviors common in the Church today. What you get, by the end, is both a humorous and insightful look at Church, largely as it is seen from the outside (having astranged myself from Christianity for a while in my teen years, I have seen it both from the outside and in). This is a book I would highly recommend, It will be a familiar, unashamed laugh for all Christians, old and new, who don't might a lighthearted exposition of the behavior within the Church. Just bring an open mind and a sense of humor. |
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| Just read this wonderful book and I loved it!!! May 16, 2005 |
| Matthew Paul Turner is a genious. Although some people are obviously taking him a little too serious, the Christian Culture Survival Guide is a good, funny and honest read. I highly recommend it to any one. |
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