In the first
chapter of Romans the Lord lays out for mankind, saved
and unsaved, the inevitable death spiral of sin.
He says that God gives man up to the (1) lusts of their
hearts, the (2) vile passions (revealed in the sin of
homosexuality) and finally the (3) debasement of their
very minds. Pretty sobering stuff. But why
does this teaching have so little effect on the church
or the culture at large? Why do we read it and,
pretty much, just blow it off? It could be that we
are reading the Scriptures dialectically and not
didactically which, by the way, is how it was originally
written. Confused? Well, hang with us just a
bit longer.
“I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and
State.
My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on
their own,
so that both of them together is certain death.”
George Carlin (1937-2008)
I am keenly aware of the fact that you may be wondering
about a guy who would write a book entitled, Love Jesus, Hate
Church. You probably have some questions, maybe many
questions, about the origins of a book that makes people as
uncomfortable as Love Jesus, Hate Church has proven to do.
You may be asking yourself, "How can you be a Christian
and use the words Love and Hate and Jesus and Church all in
the same sentence? It just seems so wrong."
And, you're right. It does seem wrong.
True. But wrong.
Yep, I would probably be wondering the same thing if
the tables were turned and I found myself in your shoes.
So, let me see if I can shed some light on who I am and
why I do what I do by telling you a bit about myself and how I
came to write Love Jesus, Hate Church. Let me share with you,
oh, how shall I put it— the joy of believing the lie. I
believe this will give you a better grasp of who I am and why
I wrote
Love Jesus, Hate Church.
