I have read the book as well. I am not as articulate as greenbaggins in my review - I just found it badly written from a literary perspective and theologically suspect throughout. I am sure it has an audience - there are thousands of Christians in America and elsewhere who are being fed poor (or no) doctrine on a weekly basis so it's not much of a surprise they lap this up. I was given this book by a well-intentioned, passionate but ill-directed charismatic female friend from Florida who loved it. I struggled with it from about the first chapter and only kept going to the end so I could talk to her about it afterwards. I don't think it was a waste of time to read it though (even though I'd have much rather been reading Piper or Keller) - I think it's important to be able to engage with others on well-known books on the subject of theology/Christianity, even when we don't agree with them (I've also read the God Delusion and the Da Vinca Code recently on that basis).

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Jon
London, UK
Ex-Redeemer PCA, Manhattan
(Now All Souls' Langham Place, London)