I've been reading a very compelling book called "unChristian" which used thousands of interviews to determine what young people outside the church really think about Christianity. The findings are pretty sobering. For the most part, young "Outsiders" feel that Christians are overly-political, gay-bashing, hypocritical, uptight, judgmental, cold and loveless human beings. That's a very tough pill to swallow, but the saddest part is that there's much truth in this outside perspective. We as followers of Jesus have not carried out our mission to bring hope, love, justice, peace and Christ-centered selflessness into this fallen world.
As I've read this, I've been haunted by the words of Ghandi who modeled his life after Jesus in many ways, but when he was asked why he was not a Christian, he simply said, "Because of the Christians." It is my prayer that each of us would use our lives to humbly live and love as Jesus did. I never want to be an obstacle for someone to overcome before they can reach Jesus.
God, please forgive us for not clearly representing you. As your hands and feet, we have failed our mission to reach and love the lost in countless ways. Please give us another chance to make things right in this broken world and use us to start a revolution of love and peace that will point this lost generation to you. Thank you Jesus for loving us as unloveable as we are. Amen.
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I thought about reading this book. It sounds like a very interesting and eye opening book. God bless!----Trevor
Great book man. I too spent a good deal of time on this book. Another book you need to pick up is "The Shack" by William Young. It's incredible.
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