Here's what we're going to do tonight and it has been a long time since I have been this

excited and um really pumped to approach a subject.

We're going to talk about mean Christians tonight.

I mean, I don't know if we should clap, that's kind of mean. But, you know what I mean I don't know if we should clap that's kind of mean but you know what I mean yeah let's talk about them

Well, that's mean

But seriously I want to I want to address that tonight.

And so if you're not a Christian or a faith person,

that has to be kind of curious for you too because maybe you're like yeah like I know a few Christians and maybe they're not that nice or I've run into Christians or I see Christians online and most of them are not nice.

And so you have your doubts about the ways of Jesus

because of the people that claim to follow that way.

And they're just me.

Grouchy, maybe judgmental, rude, opinionated and so I'd like to

put on the table tonight what I believe is one of the primary reasons

We those of us that claim to follow Jesus don't look more like Jesus.

And one of my passions, and it is such an ebb and flow,

and I have good days and bad days, a lot of bad days,

is I want, I want my demeanor, I want my words, I want my countenance, I want my social

interactions, I want my tone to reflect the kindness, the compassion, the care, the love of Jesus.

I don't just want to attend church services and then blast my opinions online and marginalize people

and make people feel small. We that follow Jesus ought to be the most open-hearted loving listening

caring considerate group of people on the planet. I wish I could get an Amen. I wish I could get an Amen. So here's what's

going to be counterproductive in the next few minutes. If we just all listen through this filter I am so

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