From Mother of Andilit - Every once in a while, I run across someone who says they would love to come to Jesus but there are all these sticky issues in the way, like hell, all those rules and sin. It would happen even more often when I was a Youth Director and some of our teenagers were just trying to think through the faith they’d grown up with.

Jason Berggren’s 10 things I Hate about Christianity: Working through the Frustrations of Faith is a good guide for both groups and More...

First, let’s get something straight: Author Jason Berggren is neither atheist nor agnostic; rather, he’s a pretty middle-of-the-road Christian fellow who has written a somewhat humorous, quite introspective and not the least bit ranting dissertation on the things which bug him about Christianity. This not a tirade against Christianity from the point of view of a person in another religion, but more like the private observations of the frailties of the religion and its flock from the perspective More...

Berggren, a former pastor and a first-time writer, has a knack for storytelling. He has done a tremendous job in giving voice to the frustrations that Christians experience. The Christian life is confusing. Our problems don't disappear simply because we go to church or pray harder. There is a lot about the faith that we can't explain, and to pretend otherwise is disingenuous.

To the non-Christian, faith sometimes looks ludicrous. But, as Berggren explains, :With faith it's strangely More...

This is a really great book, especially for a new believer with a lot of questions.