Review: From Tablet to Table
Leonard Sweet
Navpress
2014
I had not read Sweet in quite a while. So I requested this book for review as a change
of pace. If you have not read Sweet be
prepared to work harder and think more just to decide if you agree with his
views or not. His style is easy, but it
is deep. But, such a wealth of sources! Just his end notes are worth the rest of the
book.
Yes, I like Sweet, but I do get frustrated sometimes trying
to stay with him along the way. This
book is no exception in my opinion. The
tablet to table works metaphor, but he meanders around it in a variety ways
while looking at the malaise of the Western church and society. The subtitle
goes like this---where community is found and identity is formed. That gives
the reader a place to start. He has
divided his thoughts into two basic sections both revolving around the meaning
and practice of table fellowship with the table appearing in numerous forms. In essence it boils down to the heart, both
in practice and knowledge. Familiar, but
generally unheeded in so many ways.
Buy this book, sit down with it, and plan to spend some time
thinking about it. It’s worth the effort,
I think. I intend to go back through it
and spend more time with it. There’s so many gems of wisdom and wit within
his writing, and Sweet’s ability to link Jesus, Nicodemus, Iain McEwan, Wesley,
and Johnny Cash successfully amazes me. Yep, they’re all in there.
I received this book from the publisher through the generous
folks at Tyndale in exchange for a review.
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