This book is a consolidation and consummation of David Wells' life work, and is a summary of his previous four books, which are more scholarly, dense, and research oriented than this one. I decided to read this summary after reading several high recommendations. I would echo those recommendations enthusiastically. Wells touches on two serious issues facing the church today - the Emergent church and the marketing churches (megachurches). He systematically gives a brief historical background of each (how did we get to where we are?), then critiques each one (what's wrong about them? what, if any, good can be found in them?), and finally argues for a return to biblical, historical, Reformed faith (how do we fix it?). It's a hard book to sum up briefly here, so just read it. ( )