Todd, your posts are really making me want to check out this book! You mentioned Donald McGavran’s homogeneous unit principle, which is funny because his writings and others like him from a “Perspectives” class I took opened up my eyes to a world beyond US Christianity. Later I realized the ethno-racial/consumeristic implications of this way of thinking. It sounds great for church growth, but at what costâ?¦

I’m lost on all the Lord of the Rings talk, I’ll admit, so looks like I should read that first before Metzger’s book!