Good and Bad People in The Church

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When Bad Christians Happen to Good People: Where We Have Failed Each Other and How to Reverse the DamageWhen Bad Christians Happen to Good People: Where We Have Failed Each Other and How to Reverse the Damage by Dave Burchett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The title itself is very catchy. Once you read the title and you have been involved in one way or another to one or more certain community of believers, you know you wanna grab it from the shelves and browse it right away. The browsing part is a turning point to decide whether you want to sit and read or not. I decided to carry on.

Some readers may be offended. Yet I would say the ones being offended are the ones who need to read this book most. It is a fact that there are horrible people in the church who act righteous. And this makes the outside world difficult to find them faithful. In the Bible, James talks about Faith and Deeds. One has to prove that he is faithful through deeds.

The book hits hard in a funny way sometimes. And it's very creative to lessen blow in getting accross to readers. I was touched with a certain line in the book which says that the world is not our enemy because this is where we live. The world may be viewed as ungodly but this is exactly what we are here for: we must have something to offer to turn the world around into good.

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