In Curing Christianity, you examine the ways evangelical Christianity can become healthier without losing its center in Jesus. What inspired you to write this book? 

Through my journey as a Christian, I spent years wrestling how to best understand Christianity, the bible, and how we should live. Additionally, I’ve read or heard stories from numerous people regarding the challenging ideas and hurtful experiences they had with Christianity. I recognized that these things were unnecessary to Christianity. Christianity has a positive impact in numerous people’s lives, but other have also experienced harm. I believe I have gained insight into the challenges which aren’t clear to many Christians. I truly desire to illuminate these in order that Christians and the church as a whole can avoid the harmful ideas and unnecessary experiences which sometime accompany Christianity.

Fear is a recurring theme in the book, and you argue that many believers have been shaped more by fear than by love. What led you to that conclusion?

I have heard or read many passionate responses Christians have, especially to controversial topics. I’m fascinated in trying to understand why people have responded in the ways they do, and why they feel so strongly about certain topics. The best way I have been able to understand it is that people are often reacting in fear.

You write in a way that’s accessible to everyday readers rather than using highly academic language. Who did you most hope would pick up this book?

Thank you. I certainly intend Curing Christianity for “lay people”, the everyday Christian living their life and trying to incorporate their faith within it. I certainly hope that Christian leaders will engage with the book as well, and I believe that has significant value for them. I hope that it will help leaders to avoid some of the pitfalls others have fallen into before. That said, I didn’t write it exclusively for leaders, but for all Christians.

If readers finish Curing Christianity remembering one central message, what do you hope stays with them? 

I feel that the third chapter, “Who Do You Say that I Am?” is the central core of the book. It’s about how we view God and our relationship to him. I think the most crucial concept is to understand God’s love.
​
Author Links: GoodReads | Facebook | Website