The Best Argument Against Christianity
Again referring to the introduction of Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel
Are we creating a self-isolating, self-serving, self-perpetuating, self-centered subculture? . . . This book is our attempt . . . to get us thinking about the possibility of unintentional betrayal of the gospel by those entrusted with it.
This is exactly what the church needs to be doing on a routine basis: reaching into the culture to find out what questions the unchurched are asking and reassessing the adequacy of our theology to ensure that we can correlate our theological answers to the new questions the culture proposes.
Why is the church simply not working for so many people? Why do so many pass through untouched? Why do so many leave unfulfilled? Why, after years or a lifetime in the church, is there no discernable difference in the lives of so many active Christians?
I think it was G. K. Chesterton who said that “the best argument against Christianity is Christians themselves.” How can the church regain its integrity and its relevance?
