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91 percent of young adults who are not involved in church described Christians as anti-homosexual, 87 percent of them described Christians as judgmental, and 85 percent of them described Christians as hypocritical.
focused on the attitudes and actions of Christians that have turned young adults away from the Christian faith.
not only the attitudes and actions of Christians that are off-putting but also the theological convictions that often give rise to these actions.
take issue with Christian doctrine (or belief) as it has been expressed to them by many Christians—doctrines related to suffering, science and faith, the Bible, salvation, and the final jud...
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In this book I seek to address both the attitudes and actions of Chris...
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book is for two audiences: The first is young adults who are turning away from Christianity
second audience is Christians;
invite them to examine their attitudes, actions, and beliefs.
offer a different way of understanding some very serious theological issues— related to the nature of God, Scripture, science and faith, the religions of the world, and homosexuality—from what is often articulate...
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companion video and leader’s guide ...
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six-week study,
CHAPTER 1 WHEN CHRISTIANS ARE UNCHRISTIAN
criticism of Christianity usually included one or more of five key themes: (1) the unchristian ways some Christians act, (2) the anti-intellectual, anti-science stance of some Christians, (3)
Christianity’s views of other world religions, (4) questions related to the role of God in human suffering, and (5) the way Christians view homosexuality.
Each of these themes will be considered in a chap...
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WHEN CHRISTIANS ARE UNCHRISTIAN
findings:
91% of those adults surveyed who were outside the Christian faith felt Christians were “anti-homosexual.”
87% felt Christians were judgmental. 85% felt Christians were hypocritical. 75% felt Christians were too political. 70% t...
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When I ask non-Christians what they think Jesus stood for, most say, “Love.”
love God and love your neighbor.
love we are to show is not a feeling but a way of acting—a
a love of kindness and compassion and a desire to bless and s...
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love not only their neighbors and friends but their...
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know that they are his discip...
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l...
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Non-Christians know that Jesus stood for love. Which is why, when those who claim to follow Jesus act in unloving ways,...
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SOME OF the most insensitive, critical, judgmental, and mean-spirited people I’ve known
claimed to be committed Christians.
judgmental, hypocritical, and unloving spirit these Christians displayed left this young man determined not to go back to church.
JESUS AND THE PHARISEES
Jesus drew “sinners” to himself by the thousands.
He made such people feel at ease. The only people Jesus had words of judgment for in the Gospels were the religious folks.
What angered him the most about these people, particularly the religious leaders, was their judgmental-ism, their hyp...
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They believed God was primarily interested in people fo...
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Jesus taug...
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God’s primary rule was love, and that God’s interest wasn’t in condemning “sinners” b...
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four different expressions of hypocrisy: wrong motives, judging others, “majoring in the minors,” and being two-faced.
WRONG MOTIVES
using God and their religion to further their careers, or their stature in the community, or to meet their needs for affirmation from others
POINTING OUT THE SIN OF OTHERS WITHOUT SEEING OUR OWN
demonstrate a kind of superiority and spiritual or moral pride, but they fail to see that their pride is actually a more sinister and deadly
sin than the sins of those they are denouncing.
“Stop pointing out the sins of others; you’ve got enough issues of your own!”
MAJORING IN MINORS
while tithing is good, they were missing the more important matters like living a life of justice and mercy toward their neighbors
I’ve known people who called themselves Christians, who were convinced that they alone were right, and who were willing to fight over the tiniest, least consequential of things.
defining characteristic of a Christian's life is meant to be love.
TOO MANY Christians fail to let their faith change their values, their
hearts, and ultimately their daily lives.
