More Lost than Found

More Lost than Found is a book by Jared Herd that looks at why Christians are leaving the church and Christianity.

I think a passage near the beginning of the book states what one can expect from reading this book:

"In these pages, I'm inviting you on a path that moves away from a faith that is just about agreeing with a set of beliefs. That first path, the one that tries to put a tidy bow around life, can suppress our human frailty because it rushes to answer questions and fill in blanks. In fact, there's almost a panic that comes, right? The tidy path can offer us some certainty and a degree of comfort, but it cuts short a genuine spiritual journey before it ever begins.

Have you ever talked to a Christian who gave a scripture answer to a tough question? If they had answered  your questions with less certainty and more honesty, would you have believed them more? the way Christian faith is most often expressed in our culture doesn't offer us tools for the spiritual journey, instead, it's much better at giving us scripted answers so we can opt our of our spiritual curiosity. But I don't mean to lay all the blame at the church's stoop."

I've read several books that convey the same message, a shift towards postmodernity where people are seeking spiritual guidance, want something more than just rules to follow and something they can earnestly experience.

All in all, I enjoyed this book, but I didn't see eye to eye with it often. Still, it is worth reading.

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