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If you know these preachers/authors, you’ll see the funny/clever side of all this

Christian books that should NOT be published.

Is it ok to sometimes poke fun and laugh at ourselves? I hope so because if not, I ¢â‚¬â„¢m in some big trouble. As in, I might get blacklisted by the Christian evangelical subculture.

In reponse to the question about the 10 Most Essential Christian Books, I received some fabulous and interesting suggestions. But I also started getting a list from people regarding the most anti-essential Christian books or in other words, books that should never be published so I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve taken the liberty of listing some of them here. And if you ¢â‚¬â„¢re gonna get offended, I have two things to say: 1) It ¢â‚¬â„¢s not my list. Don ¢â‚¬â„¢t kill the messenger! and 2) Relax. It ¢â‚¬â„¢s okay to make fun of ourselves sometimes. I hope.

If you want to laugh even more, check out 10 reasons why men shouldn ¢â‚¬â„¢t be ordained.

I ¢â‚¬â„¢ll share my list of essential book soon but for now, enjoy this list of the Christian Books that should NOT be Published from various commenters from this blog. You folks are mean!

And dare I ask:

What would you add to the list?

Update: I ¢â‚¬â„¢m adding the American Patriot ¢â‚¬â„¢s Bible to this list. The crazy thing is that it ¢â‚¬â„¢s a real book unlike the list below.

Everyone Is Going To Hell Except Me  ¢â‚¬“ John MacArthur
There ¢â‚¬â„¢s No  ¢â‚¬ËœU ¢â‚¬â„¢ in Ministry: A Woman ¢â‚¬â„¢s Guide  ¢â‚¬“ Mark Driscoll
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid  ¢â‚¬“ John Hagee
God ¢â‚¬â„¢s Most Glorified When We ¢â‚¬â„¢re Most Calvinified in Him  ¢â‚¬“ John Piper
Right Behind  ¢â‚¬“ a fresh set of Apocalyptic chronicles  ¢â‚¬“ Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins
Eugene Cho Hasn ¢â‚¬â„¢t Published Squat so No One Can Even Make Fun of Him  ¢â‚¬“ by Eugene Cho
We Know Jesus Better Than You Do  ¢â‚¬“ The Vatican Curia
I ¢â‚¬â„¢m Cool With Whatever (Featuring Enhanced Doodle Graphics)  ¢â‚¬“ Brian McLaren
This Book Looks Longer Than It Really Is  ¢â‚¬“ Rob Bell
God Wants You To Pay For My Airplane  ¢â‚¬“ Creflo Dollar
Where are the Women authors.  ¢â‚¬“ Nobody
10 Keys To The 8 Steps To The 3 Paths To The 1 Way to God (TM)  ¢â‚¬“ Rick Warren
I Secretly Wish I Were the Pope: A Memoir  ¢â‚¬“ N.T. Wright
How to Smile  ¢â‚¬“ Joel Osteen
How to Fall in My Presence  ¢â‚¬“ Benny Hinn
Hippie Christianity for Ordinary Rednecks  ¢â‚¬“ Shane Claiborne
You Can Kiss Dating My Daughter Goodbye  ¢â‚¬“ Joshua Harris, Sr.
God is not Greeat by Christopher Hitchens.
Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church (without ever talking to ANY of them) ¢â‚¬“D. A. Carson
Jlefhksfb Ghaube Wihefbfb Erqnai (If You Can Read This, You ¢â‚¬â„¢re Into Acts 2)  ¢â‚¬“ Kenneth Copeland
Sweatin ¢â‚¬â„¢ to the Old Testament  ¢â‚¬“ TD Jakes
I ¢â‚¬â„¢m Not Saying He ¢â‚¬â„¢s A Heretic ¢â‚¬ ¦ But He Is: A Response to N.T. Wright ¢â‚¬â„¢s Response to John Piper ¢â‚¬â„¢s Response to N.T. Wright
The Beginner ¢â‚¬â„¢s Guide to Chekovian-Socratic, Marxist-Gadamerean, Prophetic Christianity  ¢â‚¬“ Cornel West
People Won ¢â‚¬â„¢t Read This But Will Claim To Have  ¢â‚¬“ C.S. Lewis
 ¢â‚¬Å“Yep, Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s Another One ¢â‚¬  by Max Lucado

Seriously, I think I ¢â‚¬â„¢m going to get in trouble ¢â‚¬ ¦

Now visit  http://jmm.org.au/articles/28774.htm for 25 Books you should read…

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Today a friend sent me his list:

I added a few books that shouldn’t be written to eugene’s list:

 ¢â‚¬Å“Submerge: What to do After your Church has Emerged ¢â‚¬  Leonard Sweet

 ¢â‚¬Å“Emerging Grace: Using God ¢â‚¬â„¢s Irresistible Grace to Grow your Church ¢â‚¬  Mark Driscoll

 ¢â‚¬Å“The Missional Position: and 21 Other  ¢â‚¬ËœIntimacy Secrets ¢â‚¬â„¢ of Emerging Couples ¢â‚¬  Alan and Debra Hirsch

 ¢â‚¬Å“How to Tell Who ¢â‚¬â„¢s Going to Hell? ¢â‚¬  John Piper

 ¢â‚¬Å“How to Write your Own Ticket With God ¢â‚¬  Kenneth Copeland

 ¢â‚¬Å“The Pink Derivative: How to Blame Gays for the GFC and Everything Else Bad that Happens to the US ¢â‚¬  Pat Robertson

 ¢â‚¬Å“Learning to be a Moral Monster? Or How to use the Bible to Defend Genocide ¢â‚¬  Paul Copan

 ¢â‚¬Å“Still Not Missional: Why your Church Won ¢â‚¬â„¢t Really be Missional Until you Read this Book ¢â‚¬  Michael Frost

 ¢â‚¬Å“The Dispensationalist Delusion: Or How I Learned to Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth and Love Scripture more than Jesus ¢â‚¬  John MacArthur

 ¢â‚¬Å“Hate Wins: A Life in Politics and Ministry ¢â‚¬  James Dobson

 ¢â‚¬Å“God ¢â‚¬â„¢s Hatchet Man: Because Becoming a Christian Doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t Mean you Have to Give up Everything you Learned in Politics ¢â‚¬  Charles Colson

 ¢â‚¬Å“Fake it  ¢â‚¬â„¢til you Make it . . . or Just Keep Faking it Anyway ¢â‚¬  Benny Hinn