The church is called to reflect the love of Christ—but too often, it reflects something else. Hypocrisy, judgment, legalism, and pride have wounded people and driven them away. This book confronts seven toxic attitudes—hypocrisy, judgmentalism, legalism, tribalism, cynicism, stubbornness, and pridefulness—that distort the gospel and damage the church’s witness. With honesty, biblical insight, and hope, it challenges Christians to examine their hearts and rediscover what it means to follow Jesus. The church isn’t perfect, but by God’s grace, it can be transformed into a community of love, humility, and grace that reflects the heart of Christ.

This book Shattered & Sanctified: Confronting the Sin of Toxic Christianity, is designed to be a guide for the Christian community to have conversations about some of the negative behavior that we experience in the church.

There is not a book big enough to address all the atrocities that the church has committed throughout history – such as the sexism, racism, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, violence, and so much more. This book does not provide a comprehensive list of every Christian’s bad behavior, nor does it adequately speak to the damage that the church has caused people. Rather, this book highlights seven specific sins that are often associated with Christians. The purpose of this book is to help the church confront some of the ways that we have engaged in bad behavior and contributed to other people’s harm in the past. It is also my hope that this book will provide a path of healing and wholeness as we reflect on the ways that we have been harmed by the church.