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From the chapter, Get Saved!
1. This is a key finding of our research. Only one-third of young outsiders believe that Christians genuinely care about them (34 percent). And most Christians are oblivious to these perceptions - 64 percent of Christians said they believe that outsiders would perceive their efforts as genuine.
2. Rather than being genuinely interested in people for their friendship, we often seem like spiritual headhunters.
3. This leads to the sobering finding that the vast majority of outsiders in this country, particularly among young generations, are actually de-churched individuals.
4. Our research indicates that we have let discipleship languish in far too many young lives. Our enthusiasm for evangelism is not matched by our passion for and patience with discipleship and faith formation.
5. Outsiders' familiarity with Christianity creates the fascinating condition of people actually having too much background in the faith.
6. Many outsiders actually miss the chance to experience true life in Christ because we cheapen the message of Jesus to church membership or denominational loyalty.
7. A deep shift is needed from the sin-altered, me-first, and consumer-minded perspectives that so often plague us as Christians in America.
8. I think the unChristian faith is potent primarily because of this disconnect between our knowledge of God and our ability and willingness to love people.
9. There is nothing more powerful than the Christian life lived out in obedience, there is nothing worse than a flat, self-righteous form of faith that parades around in Christian clothes.
10. Why should the most important message in human history be perceived as a cheap marketing gimmick? If outsiders stop listening, we cannot just turn up the volume. The middle ground between these extremes suggests that we focus on cultivating relationships with people developing environments that facilitate deep spiritual transformation.
11. a few thoughts in the book from Chuck Colson - The church grew because Christians were doing the gospel and had a community - a local church - where people really loved each other.
12. More from Chuck -

One of the things I do when I meet people is ask them, "What is Christian?" Undoubtedly half will respond, "A relationship with Jesus."

That is wrong. The gospel cannot be merely a private transaction. God didn't break through history, through time and space, to come as a babe, be incarnated, and suffer on the cross so you can come to him and say, "Oh, I accept Jesus and now I can live happily ever after." That's not why he came....Jesus came as a radical to turn the world upside down. When we believe it is just about Jesus and yourself, we miss the point.

I even dislike using the words "accept Christ" anymore - because it is so much more than that. Christianity is a way of seeing all of life and reality through God's eyes. That is what Christianity is: a worldview, system, and a way of life. I believe that when you truly see the gospel in its fullness, it's so much more. It is the most exciting, radical, revolutionary story ever told.

I will wait until tomorrow for more to allow you to catch up.