Kerby Anderson hosts today’s show. In the first hour, Kerby shares the best and worst of today’s news from a Biblical perspective. Then in the next hour, Rick Lawrence joins Kerby to talk about his newly released book, “Editing Jesus: Confronting the Distorted Faith of the American Church.”
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He’s an award-winning author, journalist, cultural researcher, editor, and national speaker. For many years he led Group Publishing’s Youth Ministry Resourcing Team, and helped launch its “Jesus-Centered” line of adult resources.
He also leads a “home church” for young people. He’s the general editor of the bestselling Jesus-Centered Bible, and author of over 40 books, including The Suicide Solution, Jesus-Centered Daily, The Jesus-Centered Life and Editing Jesus. Rick is the host of the podcast Paying Ridiculous Attention to Jesus. He and his wife have two daughters and live in Denver, CO.
The American church is in decline. Secularism is fast gaining traction in culture. Ministry leaders and Christians who love the church are rightly concerned about this momentum. We’re scrambling to find solutions.
Longtime Christian journalist, researcher, and ministry leader Rick Lawrence believes that the driving force propelling the church into irrelevance is its propensity to reduce Jesus. Deeply researched and comprehensively sourced, Editing Jesus, explores the 8 ways the Jesus of the contemporary church has been edited to fit the spirit of the age.