The Mantra of Jabez: Break on Through to the Other Side

by Douglas M. Jones III

Book Overview

Bruce Wilkinson's best-selling book, 'The Prayer of Jabez, ' is so popular with Evangelicals it just had to be bad. Wilkinson told us to be gimpers for God; Jones shows us how to be kippers for God.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885767889
• ISBN13: 9781885767882
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Canon Press
• Length: 55 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.5" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

Good parody, terrific critique

I believe the best thing about Doug Jones' work here is not the hilarity of his parody, but the soundness of his critique. Having read Prayer of Jabez a while back, a lot of the more pointed jabs elicited guffaws from me. The satire really is good. But what I really liked about this book - particularly in contrast with Nathan Wilson's parody, Right Behind - is that Mr. Jones really showed quite powerfully exactly what was wrong with Wilkinson's position, and I thought he offered a brief but substantial explanation throughout of better ways to view things. He wasn't just making fun of the book; he was also offering a replacement.So in short: good parody, but the critique of modern evangelicalism was the real gem. Gives a short, concise summary of some of the problems in the church today, and offers a glimpse of some of the solutions. Swell book.

Great stuff, Great paradoy----It's a joke son

The mantra takes a good and needed poke at the "prayer". There will be so many who don't understand satire. The book addresses problems with the "prayer". I kept waiting for the mantra to explain how it all works in the framework of vain and repetitious prayers. Too bad many Christians don't have a sense of humor.

Such a little book, such a great laugh - and true too!

I can't stop reading this book and laughing. Anytime I am disappointed by the shallow faith of self-centered Christians, I pick up this little book of truth and wit.

Truth

This book is hillarious. It sheds truth upon what the Prayer of Jabez is, a selfish prayer. Highly recomended, and for those who believe the prayer of Jabez as good, go pray the LORD'S PRAYER. How then we are to pray? selfless.It's it's like Harry Potter for Evangelicals!!!!!!

I loved this book!

I bought this book on Friday (it's Monday) and received it today. I read it in about 20 minutes, and my neck hurt because I was laughing so hard. The author is RIGHT ON about the Prayer of Jabez and all its reprocussions. I especially loved the bit about gnosticism.If you're evangelical and want all the problems with Jabez pointed out to you (e.g. you want to know the truth), purcahse this book.