Kyle Baker Books

Kyle Strobel is conversant with the emerging church and with the classic church. He has high regard for the greats of spiritual formation books such as Richard Foster and Dallas Willard. Since I do too, I felt quite comfortable with this book, but challenged as well.

My Church is going through this life - changing experience together. I would recommend all to see that Jesus is a way of Life and NOT just something to do.

I knew I had to read this book when I read the author's invitation at the very beginning: "This book is an invitation to transformation...It is about a willingness to change our minds, our perspectives, and our vision of life, because how we see affects who we are and who we will become." He speaks about a journey of redemption as opposed to being a Christian who's "arrived". You have to leave your assumptions and presuppositions behind as you seek to be reformed and renewed by the transforming of your mind. The author describes in-depth the informers (tools) God uses to help us on our journey, which are the Bible, the Spirit, and community. I wish I'd had this book years ago, but at least I've read it in time to disciple my 5 children to have "Jesus as a way of life".

There is no shortage of books written to or about the Christian, yet there is a distinct lack of material that is honest, grounded in the reality of the church, and easy to understand without being oversimplistic. Kyle Strobel accomplishes just that. While reading I constantly found myself stopping and saying, "yes, this is it. This is what church and the Christian life is supposed to look like." It is clear that Kyle has thought deeply about these issues, studied them and has succeeded in presenting them in a humble, honest and accessible way. Well done.

In the introduction to this book, Kyle Strobel describes himself as both a "child of evangelicalism" and a "child of the emerging church." Unlike authors who find it impossible to move forward without killing their parents, however, Strobel describes a vision for spiritual formation and church life that is faithful to the best features of both of these perspectives.

Like many emergent thinkers, Strobel is convinced (and rightly so!) that the mere transmission of information cannot bring about the sort of inner change that should characterize the followers of Jesus. He invites us to understand the Christian life as a journey, to receive Jesus as our Lord and Master, indeed, to receive him "as a way of life." As he says on page 50, discipleship is not first and foremost "a call to right understanding" but "a call to right 'becoming.'" Strobel does not, however, reduce the Christian faith to a mere subjective experience or to a program for moral change. Rather, he argues that being formed in the image of Christ is a lengthy process of "worldview re-formation," a process that requires time and commitment. Most importantly, he argues, those who would follow Jesus must remain ever open to divine deconstruction of our assumptions and attitudes. "Jesus will take us on a journey through what we really believe about him, how we really think, and how much we depend on ourselves over him" (219).

This book really challenged me to re-evaluate my own life; I plan to read it again, more slowly, over the next few months. I would heartily recommend it to anyone who is thinking seriously about what it means to follow Christ in the 21st century. Its style makes it accessible to laypersons and pastors alike.

There is finally some solid, Evangelical scholarship taking non-scholarly popularizers like Hal Lindsey, Jack Van Impe and Pat Robertson to task. This book is dry in places, but it's handling of the past is crucial to our understanding of the present. The book does a monumental job of documenting end times paranoia from the time of the early church to today. Highly recommended...especially for those who helped make Hal Lindsey a millionaire several times over!

This book was required as the text for a course at a local college. We'll written and documented, it allows the reader to research on his own if he is in disagreement with the author. A pleasure to read, I read 80% of it one saturday. Good for the beginner, in that it defines terms used in simple language that makes it easier for the reader to grasp to concepts presented. I reccomend it highly to anyone, Christian or non, who wants to know more about Christian history.

Kyle pulls together a diverse collection of eshatological beliefs, predictions and events in such a way that one can really get a grasp on where we (as the church universal) have been on this issue. Is the dispensational premill position the historically dominant position of the church? What about the church's historical view of the rapture, the millennium or the tribulation. How did the church deal with deviant eschatologies?

I've studied eschatology in seminary, but this book really brings the scattered ideas and events together in an understandable and thought provoking way.

This book is a MUST READ for every pastor or teacher. If you are a layman, get the book. Read it, and then give it to your minister. Before you speak on the end times read this book!

Easy reading. Easy to understand. Moves quickly.

In CARTOONIST, Kyle Baker gives his hilarious take on everything from politics, to religion, to love and family life! Like a Robert Benchley essay or Andy Rooney tirade, these cartoons make you think about things you see every day in a fresh and funny way. My favorite part of CARTOONIST is the section on "THE BAKERS," Kyle's cartoons based on his own family life. His cartoons poking fun at his life with a wife and little kids are like a modern-day "FAMILY CIRCUS!" Anyone who has been driven crazy by their family but still loves them to death will get a huge kick out of "THE BAKERS." I hope there will be lots more "BAKERS" cartoons to come!

KYLE BAKER, CARTOONIST cleared up my acne, introduced me to my 3rd wife, and went back thirty years to realign my life for merriment. Political humor, family hijinks, truly exquisite cartooning - if you're ever choking on a chicken bone and there's none about to apply the Heimlich Maneuver, grab this book! The convulsions may save your life.

It was a great book it healped me a lot . I found it very interesting. Go for this book over any other book. It was great

Consists of short, humorous comic strips.

Kyle Baker's work on Plastic Man got him attention, but this collection proves that it was the man, & not the comic book character that got the laughs.

A lot of cartoonists can DRAW, but Baker can TELL A STORY...without words, if he wants to.

His sparkling sense of humor makes this collection something I treasure.

I actually bought this series at a local comic book store and I loved it! It really revived a lost love for my marvel side and i'm glad i purchased it. I recommend it to anybody who loves comics.

This is easily one of the most stunning graphic novels of the past decade, and Baker might just be one of the most important graphic novelists around now. The book is virtually wordless, except for minimal sound effects and dialog, along with historical source notes. Baker doesn't ignore the violence of his source material, but his portrayal of one of the most controversial moments in the history of slavery in America is safe enough for even very young readers.

This second volume of Baker's run isn't quite as powerful as the first, but that means it is still well worth your time and hard-earned cash. All of the things you love, like awesome sight gags, sweet art, jovial writing, and crazy plots are still here in this volume, and you should probably even hunt down the remaining issues of the run after you finish this, as they are not collected.

This comic is just great. It is a series of vignettes with a different artist/style to each one and each has great artwork, writing and dark sensibilities. Wow Bob wow!

Kyle Baker is a fun & gifted cartoonist.

This collection offers an insight into his off-kilter sense of humor, & a peek at some possible upcoming projects.

Worth the money, & a place on your shelf?

Yes.