The Irresistible Revolution Chapter Summary

In the book, “The Irresistible Revolution,” the main idea of the book was how to live a “true Christian lifestyle” which is based off of loving all of God’s humans, Christian or not, as well as God’s environment. In our class discussion of chapters one and two, a recurring idea is how some people who consider themselves Christians in church can act like good and righteous people helping others on Sundays, then turning around on Mondays and blowing off everyone else, just as long as they get the name of being a Christian in a church, rather than living and following the true Christian ways. In this book, the author also discussed that is some situations, you can find more people who live a Christian life lifestyle in a sewer than in a church. …show more content…
This book calls Christians to open their minds to create building relationships with this community rather than criticize one another for different beliefs. This book incorporates the gospel as well as genetics to help each community learn to understand each other and respect each other. In chapters one and two, the quality of trust is examined and used to help people create friendships that are built from loving one another for how they treat each other rather than one another’s sexual orientation. In our class review of chapters three through five, we discussed ways that as Christians, even if we do not agree with the LGBTQ community, we can still respect and love one another. In class, the phrase, “Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin,” came up and made me think deeper about homosexuals as people rather than as sinners. We discussed that the right thing to do when put in a situation that we may not agree with or believe in, is to love and respect the person/ people regardless because they are still our brothers and sisters in Christ. Whether we agree with a homosexual lifestyle or not, God made us to love one another as he loves us and he made each and everyone one of us in his own image. The author of this book also addressed, in chapters six through eight, the problem of communication and understanding one another. He referred to the communication between Christians …show more content…
The idea of this paper was the research an organization that is making a change in the world by providing some kind of service(s) to those who need it. The people who did not do a class presentation yet, presented their organizations and we got to see just how many organizations there actually are. The organization that I studied was Food for the Hungry, which was originally started to provide food and clean water to those who need it, but it soon grew to provide all different kinds of services such as medical aid, education, and even providing spiritual development and hope to those who have lost everything or have not been fortunate. Food for the Hungry also helps people faced with hardships such as natural disasters and droughts, to returnees and refugees of war. Food for the Hungry has impacted countries all over the planet and continue their support