12 Antidotes to Toxic Christianity
Christianity has always been about being saved. But today what Christians need saving from most is the toxic understanding of salvation we've received through bad theology. The loudest voices in Christianity today sound exactly like the religious authorities who crucified Jesus. This is a book for Christians who are troubled by what we've become and who want Jesus to save us from the toxic behaviors and attitudes we've embraced. Each of the 12 chapters proposes an antidote for the toxicity that has infiltrated Christian culture, such as "Worship not Performance, "Temple not Program," and "Solidarity not Sanctimony." Each chapter includes thought-provoking discussion questions, perfect for individual or group study. There are many reasons to lose hope about the state of our world and our church, but Guyton offers one piece of good news: Jesus is saving the world from us, one Christian at a time.
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In How Jesus Saves the World from Us, Morgan Guyton says the (white, American, Evangelical) church has become the oppressor through misinterpretations and misapplications of the Bible, and this is what the world needs to be saved from.
Each chapter discusses a misinterpretation along with the correction that is needed.
The chapters on theology and social justice are the stronger ones, or at least the ones that resonated with me the most.