I found myself lying on the floor of my apartment, sobbing for hours on end: 'God, I'm doing everything I'm supposed to do, and I still don't feel closer to you. In fact, I feel worse than ever! How could this have gone wrong? I can't see any way out. Help me.' As a university student, Andrew Farley found himself physically and emotionally addicted to street evangelism and Bible study. Yet despite his fervid behavior, he knew something was missing. That something was an understanding of the gospel that is stripped of the compromises and cliches of the modern church. The Naked Gospel finds friends among those who are burned out on experience-chasing, ceremonialism, or legalism. It attacks churchy jargon and powerless ideas and puts forth a message that is simple but life-changing. With a fresh take on Scripture and unapologetic style, The Naked Gospel will challenge you and stir you to re-examine everything you thought you already knew.
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Short review: The basic idea is right, that anything added to the gospel means it is not the gospel as Christ has presented it to us. The problem is that in his attempt to counter legalism, his removes most of scripture and most of the historical teaching of the church. Anything in the Old Testament (according to Farley) cannot teach us anything except what we were saved from. Most of Jesus' teaching is discounted because Farley says he was teaching to Jews that were bound to the old covenant. Even Paul's teachings are sometimes discounted because Farley says that anything that disagrees with his point was referring to Paul's life before he was saved.
A longer review on my blog at http://bookwi.se/naked-gospel-farley/
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