American Christianity is becoming less compelling to the rest of our society. Many people cringe when we mention our faith. Now, we might like to think such rejection is because we’ve imitated Christ and sought to advance his kingdom on earth. After all, didn’t Jesus promise that all people would hate us for his name’s sake?
But it isn’t always faithful witness causing people to turn up their noses at Christians. Many are responding negatively to the church’s sins and failures. I don’t think they are expecting perfection, but they are expecting consistency. And so often we don’t even clear that low bar.
If we suffer, it should be because of integrity, not heresy and hypocrisy (1 Pet. 4:14–16). And yet in so many ways, the American church is suffering for the wrong reasons. Read More
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