{"product_id":"the-great-reckoning-surviving-a-christianity-that-looks-nothing-like-christ","title":"The Great Reckoning: Surviving a Christianity That Looks Nothing Like Christ","description":"What do we do when the church looks nothing like Jesus?\nMany followers of Jesus feel disillusioned by a broken religion—one that loves political power, promises prosperity, and feeds on fear. We are desperately trying to rationalize how a loving God can be connected to unloving churches, institutions, and people. We can no longer deny that our version of Christianity is not just imperfect but has been coopted to inflict violence, racism, abuse, hate, and even death. The question before many Christians is no longer how their faith can survive within a secular culture. It’s how their faith can survive Christianity itself.\nIn The Great Reckoning, writer Stephen Mattson writes out of the rubble of the failed American faith. Instead of doomsaying or casting aspersions, however, Mattson offers hope for seekers looking for inspiration, solace for Christians fed up with an unsatisfying religion, and clarity for those sifting through the remains. The Great Reckoning is a clear-eyed yet tender critique of where we’ve gone wrong, and a guide away from the culture wars and toward the life of Jesus.\nRather than further immersing ourselves in Christendom, what if we started rethinking what it means to be a Christian in the first place? What if Christians shed the hopes and dreams of Christianity and turned instead of the Christ at the center of our faith?\nConsider this a dispatch from the wreckage of American cultural Christianity, and an ode to the Jesus-looking faith we seek.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1513803409\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1513803409.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Mattson, Stephen\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338176397373,"sku":"BVV.1513803409.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1513803409-0.jpg?v=1783909298","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-great-reckoning-surviving-a-christianity-that-looks-nothing-like-christ","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}