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Lenten Book Study

Published on February 18, 2011

Sundays from March 13 through April 17, we will offer discussions after worship of the book, What’s the Least I can Believe and Still be a Christian?, by Martin Thielen (published by Westminster John Knox Press).  In 150 pages, Rev. Thielen covers 10 things Christians don’t need to believe and 10 things Christians do need to believe.  John Buchanan, Pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, writes of Thielen’s book, “Martin Thielen’s whimsical title disguises a very serious issue every clergyperson deals with daily: how to help Christians navigate through myths and misunderstandings and faulty assumptions about our faith.  This is a fine resource for clergy and laity alike, particularly those who have wondered, ‘Do I have to believe that?’”  Here are two of the ten things Thielen says Christians do not need to believe, God causes cancer, car wrecks, and other catastrophes, and true Christians can’t believe in evolution.

If you plan to make some or all of the discussion, please purchase your own copy of the book and give it a read through before Sunday, March 13. We’ll spend the first three Sundays on things we don’t have to believe and the remaining three Sundays on things we need to believe. Even if you cannot make the discussions, this book is worth reading. We’ll meet in the upper classroom/nursery after the fellowship time that follows worship (approximately 11:15 - noon).