Unchristian

I mentioned the book Unchristian in my last post and I'm not finished reading it yet, but I just have to talk about it! It is so...I don't know what the word is for it...but I can't get through a paragraph without wanting to talk to someone about it. It makes me sad, angry, motivated, and thoughtful all at the same time. It's convicted me of things and I pretty much would recommend this book to any Christian I know. I'm not saying it's perfect, but it is definitely worth your time.
I guess I should tell you what it's about! It's written by David Kinnaman who is part of this organization called The Barna Group. They do research projects and David has done a three year research project on why non-believers (he calls them 'outsiders' in the book) hate Christians. He's boiled it down to six main themes based on the research: That we are 1) Hypocritical; 2) Too focused on getting converts; 3) Antihomosexual; 4) Sheltered; 5) Too political; and 6) Judgmental. I've just started the antihomosexual chapter. I feel like he does a really good job of not attacking either side- of just telling it like it is- 'this is what the outsiders think, and this is why'. There is also a section at the end of each chapter written by pastors that challenges us as to how to respond to that particular theme.

Anyway- really good book. If you want to know more, I would be thrilled to tell you more. And if you've read it, I would be even more thrilled to talk to you about it!