If It Weren't for Us Christians - There'd Be a Lot More Christians

A pastor in North Carolina leads his congregation to vote nine members out of the church. According to him their sin was voting for the wrong man in the presidential election. Two competing churches in Florida put up opposing billboards. One declares, There ain t no hell! The other counters with, The hell there ain t! A young man following a car with a Honk If You Love Jesus bumper sticker, honks his horn and gets the middle finger from the driver. These are just a few actual examples that have led me to believe that some of us must interpret the Great Commission like this: Go into the world and scare off as many people from the Christian faith as we possibly can. Let s face it, when it comes to spreading the Gospel, we can often be our own worst enemy. The tension could not have been higher as the National Church Association prepared to crown one excuse as the king...the most glamorous and most used excuse for dismissing Christianity. The winner is found in Chapter.... In his book, If it Weren't for Us Christians, Bobby Weaver takes an honest look at himself and the Christian community to examine a few misguided attempts at the Great Commission. Without trying to be overly preachy, the author has taken a candid approach to suggest Christians rethink their witness while being a witness.