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Why Aren’t Christians More Like Jesus?

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You can see it everywhere—on the news, in social media, in books or movies, and by how some churchgoers behave. Just because people call themselves Christians does not mean they are anything like Jesus.

His followers were first called Christians in Antioch. Why? Because they acted like Christ (the original Greek work meant “Christ-people” or “little-Christs”). At the time, it was something of an insult.

If people call themselves Christians, but merely go to church, they will not like what they hear about themselves at Judgment.

It is not enough to just know about Jesus. To be his follower, his disciple, you must get to know and be known by Jesus. Why? Discipleship involves spiritual growth—an ongoing process with the goal of life-long transformation. Jesus said, “follow me,” but instead, today, many religious leaders say, “come to church.”

What do the words and actions of some churchgoers bring to the minds of average, unchurched people? What do people tell pollsters about America’s Christians, how would they label them? For some, it has not been “Christlike.”

Why aren’t Christians more like Jesus? Church history suggests how it happened, the Bible answers why, and the basic teachings of Jesus provide the solution.

A very practical book, Why Arent Christians More Like Jesus? overflows with sage advice, acute observations, and spiritual insights born of many years of Bible study, wide reading, and experience in church life and leadership. The author offers some serious criticisms of the “institutional” church, but these criticisms are accompanied by a spirit of grace and hope. He calls us to transition from “churchianity” to real Christianity, that is, to faith and discipleship to Jesus, to loving God and loving others in the name of Jesus. I especially recommend Why Arent Christians More Like Jesus? to any believer who loves Jesus and his people but is a bit frustrated with the institutional church. Clemens refrains from offering grandiose but unworkable programs for institutional reform. He simply reminds us that church reform begins with “me,” with my continual transformation into someone “more like Jesus.” Amen!

Ron Highfield, Professor Religion and Philosophy Division, Pepperdine University; author of Rethinking Church: A Guide for the Perplexed and Disillusioned & 7 seven other books.

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