The Curious Anomaly of the Churchless Christian

How well do you really "like" someone if you can't stand his wife? That, in a nutshell, is the acid test for the so-called "churchless Christians" who think Jesus is just alright, but the church is just all wrong. Authors Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck address this curious phenomenon in their new book, Why We Love the Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion. Following up on their previous title, Why We're Not Emergent (by Two Guys Who Should Be), DeYoung and Kluck continue to lay bare the myriad of fads and passing fancies currently dotting the landscape of pop culture religion. Unimpressed by the "revolutionary" arguments of "church leavers," these two "church lovers" state passionately, yet charitably, their case for the visible church as an institution which, though marred by human shortcomings, nevertheless serves an indispensable divine purpose.

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