Unleash the Barbarian (book review: “Unleashed”)

“Unleashed” by Erwin McManus takes a much different look at Christianity and faith than typical Christian books.  McManus discusses the concept of the “barbarian way”. Effectively, he makes the argument that Christians have been “domesticated” and have lost the point that such biblical figures as John the Baptist and Jesus Christ himself were trying to make. McManus holds nothing back when he challenges us to take our Christian walk seriously – not by going to church or being “good,” but by getting out there and living out our faith in a radical, unleashed way. McManus shares stories from his own life and that of his family to help illustrate that an ‘unleashed life’ can be lived by anyone – it’s a series of choices that we can make on a daily basis.

This is a short book (just 146 pages) and, as I understand it, a re-release of his book “The Barbarian Way”.  McManus has some great things to say in the pages of this book, though he leaves it to the reader to decide what it will look like in each of our lives for us to live in a barbarian way.

I give this book 4 stars out of 5.

I received a copy of this book free through Thomas Nelson’s Booksneeze program. I was not required to write a favorable review.

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