How Big is Your Tent? A Call for Christian Unity, Tolerance, and Love

By Peter DeHaan

Who's welcome in your spiritual tent? Who's not?

 

In matters of faith, who's in? Who's out? Do your answers please God?

 

In How Big Is Your Tent? Bible scholar and church-reform advocate Peter DeHaan, PhD, reveals the shocking truth about Christian unity, tolerance, and love that too many people get wrong.

 

Some isolate themselves and shut their tent up tight. While others blow open the sides and claim that any path is good. What's the middle ground look like for the ideal tent?

 

In this concise, easy-to-read book, you'll discover:

• The last thing Jesus prayed in his final prayer and why it matters so much
• The key element of our faith foundation
• What the Bible doesn't say about salvation and what many people get wrong
• The essential requirement that we must all do
• Who we should welcome into our tent and how to treat them

Learn why making up your own religion won't work—even though that's exactly what most people try to do today. We can't make God in our image and expect that approach to work.

 

The Bible gives us the answers, but most people miss them. And too many clergy spout manmade ideas that miss the mark. It's time to uncover the truth from a biblical perspective.

 
Answer the call for Christian unity, tolerance, and love. And that will make for a most glorious tent.

 

Get your copy of How Big is Your Tent? today and embrace faith just as Jesus prayed you would.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rock Rooster Books
• Release date: Jan 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9781948082037

Book preview

How Big is Your Tent?

A Call for Christian Unity, Tolerance, and Love

Peter DeHaan, PhD

How Big is Your Tent? A Call for Christian Unity, Tolerance, and Love. Copyright © 2013, 2016, 2017 by Peter DeHaan.

All rights reserved: No part of this book may be reproduced, disseminated, or transmitted in any form, by any means, or for any purpose without the express written consent of the author or his legal representatives. The only exception is short excerpts and the cover image for reviews or academic research.

ISBN: 978-1-948082-03-7 (ebook) / 978-1-948082-02-0 (print)

Published by Spiritually Speaking Publishing

Credits:

Copyeditor: Claudia Volkman

Proofreader: Robyn Mulder

Cover design: Cassia Friello

I dedicate this book to my spiritual director Sister Gertrude Maurer.

Contents

Introduction

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Conclusion

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

About Peter DeHaan

Other Books by Peter DeHaan

Dear Theophilus: A 40–Day Devotional Exploring the Life of Jesus through the Gospel of Luke

52 Churches: A Yearlong Journey Encountering God, His Church, and Our Common Faith

Women of the Bible: The Victorious, the Victims, the Virtuous, and the Vicious

95 Tweets: Celebrating Martin Luther in the 21st Century

Peter DeHaan’s upcoming books:

The Friends and Foes of Jesus: Explore How People in the New Testament React to God’s Good News

Dear Theophilus, Acts: 40 Insights for Today’s Church from the Book of Acts (a follow up to Dear Theophilus)

Friends and Foes of God: Heroes, Heretics, and Heavies of the Old Testament

Woodpecker Wars: Discovering the Spirituality of Everyday Life

Be the first to hear about Peter’s new books and receive updates at www.PeterDeHaan.com/updates.

Introduction

This is a book I never wanted to write.

Well, that’s not entirely true.

I’ve wanted to write it for quite some time.

I’ve been contemplating these ideas for several years.

It’s just that I don’t want anyone to read it.

I fear no one’s going to like what I say.