The truth is, people don’t often turn away from the faith and talk much about Jesus. He is neither impugned nor discredited. They may talk about the church. They may wince at the Bible’s teaching. They may talk about their personal journey. But Jesus? He remains as he was before Pilate.
When people walk away from Christianity, there are some common reasons they give. They often stem from an unwillingness to maintain the Bible’s authority in the face of mounting criticism from an increasingly secular world. In some cases, it’s because of morality, other times it’s science, still others it’s the resistance of institutional authority.
But there is one thing that I don’t hear an apostate say that should get our attention: They don’t say much about Jesus.
We don’t hear of people saying that Jesus was dishonorable.
We don’t hear of people saying that Jesus was unfaithful.
We don’t hear of people saying Jesus was a fraud.
We don’t hear of people saying Jesus wasn’t good.
