Gods of Our Religion
Christianity in America: An Inside Conversation
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You can picture this; various churches, each having its own doctrine from the same scripture yet each one promoting their own belief system. The lineup of churches in America provide a variety of choices. The number of different types of Christian based churches in America makes it is difficult to know what direction to go. "Gods of Our Religion"is written from an insider's journey to find an authentic faith. Lawrence's words will provoke you, whether on the inside, or outside, to make pursuit a matter of the heart. You may have never thought about Christianity in America this way before.
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About the Book
Gods of Our Religion is a very deliberate conversation offering a “for real” look at the many images of God within America’s Christian churches.
Whether you consider yourself a Christian, atheist, agnostic, Jew, Muslim, or other religious designations, Gods of Our Religion seeks to whet your appetite to know more about the inside of Christianity in America. Humanistic culture and internal competition are redefining America’s “Christian” church world. Even so, an authentic faith remains to be the connection that brings the heart of man to the heart of God.
Everyone believes something. If you believe in nothing, this nothing is the something in which you believe. Either way, something or nothing, one has to press into their belief system in order to overcome the contrasting winds blowing in both directions.
America’s Christian churches clearly illustrate the confusion that can occur when the cultural winds create a mixture of belief systems that supposedly have the same origin. But do they?
"Gods of Our Religion" is an very direct message based on a personal journey where the heart the imaginary. Many of the gimmicks, sermons, and methods used to promote life within the “America Christian churches” lend themselves to creating religious waves dressed in attractive and colorful clothes, but with a quick realization of a spiritual deficit.
There is no doubt external forces are at work against Christianity in America. But, there is a bigger internal self inflicted conflict that veils the authentic faith we are meant to possess.
About the Author
Lawrence Crawford combines experience from most levels within the American Christian churches with a heart-driven passion for truth. Originally from Florida, he now lives in the Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina, with his wife, Cindy. Lawrence writes from the perspective of finding an authentic faith in such an imaginary world as the Christian based religion in America. Mr. Crawford has a strong faith in God Almighty but, not so much in the religious America. If you find yourself with doubts about the multiple church scenes in America, there is a way to know about a God who is real, one you can seek and find. The idols that have been built in American, all in the name of God Almighty, have not done much other than creating idols for "church people to worship" and call their God. From buildings, large bank accounts, theatrical worship atmospheres, to churches dying within the four walls of a building built by man. Gods of Our Religion is a strongly written book that speaks boldly but, without pointing fingers at specific organizations. At one end of the spectrum are churches with a promotion of the Spirit and the other end super-intelligence and new hidden discoveries in the Bible that reveal hidden messages. It seems many are promoting themselves as richly blessed interpreters but, in reality nothing more than self-promoters with a "How Great I Am" attitude with a race for the bucks. You should read this book. It is an eye opener for a realistic view of who and what God is.