I've written about this before, but I think it deserves a repeat: We need to stick up for the family of God.
Based on a small minority of bad examples, many people are discrediting all Christians. They're claiming we’re all rude, hypocritical, self-righteous, and hateful.
I’ve lived all over the United States and in two European countries, and I’ve met some hypocritical, rude, self-righteous, and insincere people who call themselves Christians. But they are in the minority. They do not represent the majority of believers.
In fact, most of the hypocritical, rude, self-righteous, and insincere people I've met have been unbelievers.
That's why I'm especially disturbed when I hear Christians apologizing for the family of God. We need to correct people who criticize our family and explain that it's bigotry to judge the majority by a non-representative minority. We need to stop giving in to Satan’s shame game and start defending the family of God against bigotry.
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This negative stereotyping of Christians has become very popular with ex-vangelicals who use it to justify their rejection of Bible-believing faith. This is explained in Wilderness Wanderers, in sections 2 and 7.
I'm especially disappointed when I see this bigotry from a counseling ministry that presents itself as "Christian": Boundaries - Unsafe Christians.
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