Writing a book

A few months ago I began writing a book. It started with a simple enough idea: Christians are often perceived as hypocrites and judgmental because of the way we have tended to treat people who we perceive as "sinners." This common treatment is based on a misperception of how Jesus treated sinners in the Bible. This book of mine attempts to correct this misperception by distinguishing three categories of people Jesus interacted with in Scripture and how, based on these interactions, Christians are meant to interact with similar groups today.

What began as a simple project has turned out to be a Pandora's Box. The deeper I dig in my research, the more I am finding needs to be dug after, the bigger the cobweb of information is spreading. Not only that, but the project is getting bigger. Before the book even comes out I have lecture series planned in different churches where I will be presenting my ideas and giving people a better way of interacting with individuals today. What started as a book is turning into something much bigger.

My hope is that as I write this blog, do lecture series, and finish and publish this book, Christians everywhere will gain insight in how Jesus interacted with people in his day, and how we should interacted with those kinds of people today. My idea is basic: Jesus treated those who were not part of his group and those who were part of his group with love, mercy, and grace without concern one bit for their background. There was only one group he treated with contempt and criticism, the religious leaders of his day.

I hope you will continue to follow this blog as I write about my progress on the book and some of the difficulties I face along the way. Of course I will also share some of the information I find that might be useful to those following along.

God Bless,
-Brandon