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Title: How to Survive Being a Presbyterian: A Merry Manual Celebrating the Foibles of the Frozen Chosen by Bob Reed, Deborah Zemke ISBN: 0595152252 Publisher: iUniverse.com Pub. Date: 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2
Rating: 2
Summary: Committe Jokes OK
Comment: I got this book expecting humerous explanations of Presbyterian philosophy. It has a lot of cute jokes, but has very little food for thought in terms of Christian or philisophical content. I reccomend this for the Presbyterian committee member with a sense of humor. It's also a mildly good joke gift for a church leader. I wouldn't particularly reccomend buying it for your Sunday school class, though.
Rating: 4
Summary: THE WIT AND WISDOM OF PERCY T. PRESBY
Comment: A broadly satirical but earnest and warm-hearted look at the peculiarities of Presbyterianism, "How To Survive Being a Presbyterian!" is a delightful little book that will amuse and inform everyone who opens its cover. Author Bob Reed covers a wide range of topics, from the beginning of the Reformed tradition to modern worship practices, including deft (albeit exaggerated) illustrations of typical churchmembers' personalities down to what color car Presbyterians should drive. Reed's text is highlighted by clever observations of the fictional Percy T. Presby, a 300-year old parson with a keen eye and a sharp tongue who has something to say about creation, prayers, confession, women, and just about everything else. A clever and informative book that should please any Presbyterian, or anyone who ever wondered what the Reformed Church is all about. Definitely recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Synod Staffer Says: "This Book Is a Hoot!"
Comment: This is an engaging, gentle, and hilarious picture of what it means to be a Presbyterian. While laughing at what Bob Reed writes, you learn what polity, presbyters, and potluck dinners have in common. At the same time, one is reminded of our roots and forefathers and how we came to be where we are.
Humorous books have never been high on my reading list, but this was one I could not put down. I shocked people in a doctor's office, laughing out loud at Mr. Reed's stories. Certainly not the behavior of one of the "frozen chosen."
This account of Presbyterianism will also interest those associated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who are not Presbyterian. While poking gentle fun at all of us in this denomination, it gives a picture of Presbyterians doing things "decently and in order."
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Title: Being Presbyterian in the Bible Belt: A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Parents, and Other Confused Presbyterians by Ted V. Foote, P. Alex Thornburg ISBN: 0664501095 Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Presbyterians, Their History and Beliefs by Walter Lee Lingle, John W. Kuykendall ISBN: 0804209855 Publisher: John Knox Pr Pub. Date: 1988 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Brief History of the Presbyterians by James H. Smylie ISBN: 0664500013 Publisher: Geneva Pr Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: How to Worship As a Presbyterian by Dean W. Chapman ISBN: 0664501583 Publisher: Geneva Pr Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: This We Believe: Eight Truths Presbyterians Affirm by Stephen W. Plunkett ISBN: 0664502113 Publisher: Geneva Pr Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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