A Church More Like Christ

By: Gray Rinehart

Narrated by: Gray Rinehart

A church like Christ would
· Teach like Jesus
· Worship like Jesus
· Pray and live and love like Jesus

Is your church a force for good, a light in the darkness, an outpost of God's kingdom in the world? Do the wounded find comfort and healing in your church? Do the broken find repair and restoration? Do the vulnerable find help and hope? Does your church offer refuge for the oppressed, a hand up to the beaten-down, and recognition to the unseen? If so, this book may not be for you.

If not—if your church is divided against itself, or focused only on itself, or more judgmental than caring—it may be that the church is not as much like Christ as it could be. A Church More Like Christ can help you examine how Christlike your church is, and give you new ways to think about what it means for a church to live out the faith it practices.

If the church were quicker to comfort than to condemn, quicker to heal rather than harm, quicker to love than to hate, disparage, or ignore, perhaps it would be a greater source of inspiration, strength, and change in people's lives—and in the world. If so, it would be, in effect, more like Christ.

©2024 Gray Rinehart (P)2024 Gray Rinehart

Though I didn't agree with everything, it made me think.

I think the most important thing about a book concerning Jesus is not what you agree or don't agree with, but does it make you think about and consider your own beliefs. Gray definitely challenged some of my beliefs and I came away from the book encouraged that Jesus is Love, and the author wants us and the church to love others like Jesus did.