![]() ![]() No congregation in the world spends as much time preaching against homosexuality as this small Topeka band of believers. And no institution has been more associated with being extremist and anti-gay than Westboro Baptist Church. Nearly all former Christians I interviewed cited judgmental behavior as one of the push factors that sent them running from the church. ![]() But gradually over the last few decades, the word Christian has become associated with condemnation. There are social justice Christians, moral crusader Christians, Christians who believe in “Jesus-as-good-man-but-no-more,” and those who hold to a “Jesus-is-the-only-way” Christianity. The term Christian means radically different things to different people. ![]() Excerpted from the book "Does Jesus Really Love Me?" ![]()
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