The Jesus of the
Bible is not the gentle shepard portrayed by many churches. In the
early chapters, Slaughter hits hard on the “Sunday Christians”
and the churches that support this attitude. Christ came to awaken
people to the problems of complacency. Slaughter makes the point that
if you want to follow Jesus it's a hard row. Jesus said to the rich
young man who asked to be a follower that he had to give all he had
to the poor before he could be a follower. The rich young man
couldn't do it, and how many of us today would be able to?
Jesus did come to
start a revolution. Today we can be part of that revolution, or we
can remain complacent Christians and miss the opportunities afforded
by becoming a follower of Christ. The second part of the book
suggests how this can be accomplished. Slaughter, pastor of
Ginghamsburg Methodist Church, reports on the ways his church is
trying to make a difference by supporting the development of
Christian communities in Africa.
This is an excellent
book for Christians to read and think about. Slaughter makes the
point that apathetic Christians and churches presenting a watered
down version of Christ's message have done more to destroy
Christianity than atheists and agnostics. I highly recommend this
book. It will make you think and, hopefully, act.
I reviewed this book
for the Amazon Vine Program.
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