<p> Countless thoughtful people are now so disgusted with the marriage of bad theology and hypocritical behavior by the church that a new Reformation is required in which the purpose of religion itself is reimagined. </p> <p> Meyers takes the best of biblical scholarship and recasts these core Christian concepts to exhort the church to pursue an alternative vision of the Christian life: </p> <ul> <li>Jesus as <i>Teacher</i>, not Savior</li> <li>Christianity as <i>Compassion</i>, not Condemnation</li> <li>Prosperity as <i>Dangerous</i>, not Divine</li> <li>Discipleship as <i>Obedience</i>, not Control</li> <li>Religion as <i>Relationship</i>, not Righteousness</li> </ul> <p> This is not a call to the church to move to the far left or to try something brand new. Rather, it is the recovery of something very old. <i>Saving Jesus from the Church</i> shows us what it means to be a Christian and how to follow Jesus' teachings today. </p>