Churched, or Changed?

You can sing every hymn, serve on every committee and never miss a Sunday, and still never have been born again.

In the parable of the Sower, Jesus described seed that fell on stony ground. It sprang up faster than anything else in the field and received the Word with joy. Then the sun came up, and it withered, because it had no root.

Churched or Changed? is an honest, often humorous and deeply biblical look at the person in the pew who has been inoculated by religion: fluent in the language, comfortable with the programme, and untouched by the new birth. Grounded in Scripture and in everyday Caribbean church life, these twelve chapters ask whether your faith is rooted in Christ or only in church.

Inside you will discover:

• Why joy without conviction withers when following Christ begins to cost something
• How a person can have "a form of godliness" without its power
• Why a clean record is not the same as a surrendered life
• Why following Jesus means forgiving and showing mercy where it matters most
• How the new birth begins: conviction, confession and conversion
• Why church work is not always God's work, and why Christianity was never meant to live only inside a building

Each chapter closes with a prayer and questions for reflection, making the book ideal for personal reading, small groups or preaching. It also includes a guide for group leaders and a closing invitation for anyone ready to move from churched to changed.

The church can gather you, but only Christ can change you.