RetroChristianity: Reclaiming the Forgotten Faith

I bought this book because it had a cool title, I had never heard of Michael J Svigel at the time. If you read one book this year as a Christian, make it this book. Svigel accurately identifies the problems with Christianity (including non-evangelical/reformed) and step by step rebuilds Christianity using Christ as the theological centre. He strongly advocates using church history to inform our biblical interpretation, but always acknowledging the failings of past church leaders. Instead of either reverting to a past form of Christianity or embracing new age emergent form, Svigel aims to return to the historic faith, believed by all Christians throughout history. Part of this is to acknowledge that there will always be theological and practical disagreements within and between churches, something I found liberating as a believer. But that there are some beliefs that should never change, some that won't be the same, and some that become clearer with time. Ultimately the book is very readable, yet very informative. There is very little waffling on by the author, which is all too common among Christian books. Textbook content in a very readable format.