Dan Kimball wrote a great book a while back called They Like Jesus But Not the Church. he probably could have written another one called "They Like Jesus But Not Christians". because that's true of A LOT of people.
here are just a few:
“I’m a big fan of Jesus. I’m not a big fan of those who work for Him.” – Bill Maher (the guy from Politically Incorrect)
“If Jesus came back and saw what was being done in His name, He wouldn’t be able to stop throwing up.” – Woody Allen, movie director
“Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it.” – Bono
“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” – Mahatma Ghandi
“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” – Mahatma Ghandi
i have no idea what's in someone's heart, but i'll go ahead and say that probably 1 out of 4 of those guys are/were believers in Jesus. but they all like Jesus! Christians are turning away thousands (maybe millions) of people from Jesus who actually like Jesus to begin with.
it shouldn't be this way. and that bad part is that i tend to agree with these 4 guys.
but what can we do? recognize it 1st of all then...
be more like Jesus. act more like Jesus. live more like Jesus.
that's a pretty good start.
