Saints intro sampler - Flipbook - Page 12
A Message from Kat
“MY CONFIDENCE in Christian leaders is at an all-time low.”
My friend had called me to process the disillusionment that naturally follows
seeing Christian leaders fall. And her words resonated with me. We are in a season
filled with headlines that confirm the profound brokenness of celebrity Christianity,
a system that dehumanizes the celebrity and traumatizes their followers.
My friend articulated something that stunned me: She braces herself every
Sunday night to see which Christian pastor or leader used their Sunday service
to announce their failure of character. As she internalizes the foreboding dread of
Sunday nights, she’s shaken in her soul.
When fellow followers of Jesus—and leaders we look up to—continue to
disappoint us, reconciling the failures of humans with an unshakable faith in
Christ might be the single most important endeavor you and I need to pursue.
That’s why we go to God’s Word: to center our faith on Jesus. Not on our favorite
preacher, the bestselling author that changed our life, or the Christians annoying
us on social media. Our hope is in Jesus. He is the pioneer and perfecter of our
faith (Hebrews 12:2). He’s our foundational truth.
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