Why Church Matters, formerly released as Stop Dating The Church, is a book by Joshua Harris that talks about a very important subject that some Christians need to seriously think about. That being that Jesus loves the Church, therefore you should love the Church as well. This is something that I personally struggle with because of the fact that there are so many denominations and churches, most of them formed simply because Group A couldn’t get along with Group B. Yes, I know that some of them have legitimate theological differences, but clearly that is not the entire reason for so many.
Never the less, Joshua does a very good job of showing that we all need to make a commitment to the Church to show that we are truly apart of Team Christian. Joshua even does a good job at listing several points that he believes are very important to consider as you look for your own local church to be apart of.
That being said, I feel like this book seemed too much of a monorail ride over the subject, instead of getting down to the ground and into the dirt. I am not sure exactly what more I would want but especially because of the fact that this is a re-release of this book, I would have preferred there to be more. I would recommend this book, at lest as a starting point, if you are having a hard time making the decision to go to church as it puts forth a good argument for going, but I am not sure this is a book that I would encourage everyone to go pick up.
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