In the eyes of many, the Christian faith has an image problem. Many unchurched persons have been turned off to “Christianity”—though not necessarily to Jesus. They don’t like politicized religion in America, along with what they see as ample Christian arrogance, hypocrisy, judgmentalism, and disconnectedness from the real world.2 The perceptions of church outsiders are obviously not totally accurate, but they can often provide an illuminating corrective to help professing