Maybe it’s worth listening to voices trying to sort out what has happened. Accurate or not, those sentiments undeniably exist, and they are keeping people from Jesus - people I love and people you love. Within our families and our church family, as in almost every family these days, there’s disagreement and tension. High on their list of reasons: An hour or two per week in church can’t compete with the discipling people receive from cable news and social media.Īt least a couple of the things I just mentioned probably raised your blood pressure a little.
Other committed Christians are leaving evangelical churches, or keeping their distance for now, because they say their church has been hijacked by political beliefs and allegiances that look nothing like Jesus.People whom I love dearly have no interest in Christianity because of what they perceive among believers: anger, fear, hypocrisy and willful disregard of verifiable truth.Our just-concluded sermon series about fruit of the Spirit - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control - has helped me to consider those nine characteristics and then hold a mirror not only to my own life, but also to American evangelical church culture.When was the last time that happened? When chances are good that I’ll be asked about this book, I’d like to have something to say. The book became a best-seller, read and talked about by Christians and non-Christians alike.Here’s why I chose to read it this summer: I knew it might take me to a dark place, and 2020 was already dark enough. I didn’t want to read Jesus and John Wayne last year.
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