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BewareofHypocrisy:WhoIsTeachingUsWhat?By:RobertWaligurskiWipf&StockPaperback74pagesISBN:9781532691737$10.00Contact:KarenCampbell:[email protected]
BewareofHypocrisy
WhoisteachinguswhataboutChristianity?Surveyshaveshownthatonlyabout10to30percentofmodern-dayChristianshaveeverreadthroughtheentireBible,muchlessextensivelystudiedit.Instead,mostrelyontheirchurchforthemajorityoftheirunderstandingoftheteachingsofJesus.Exclusivelyrelyingononeinstitutionforsuchvitalinformationcanbedangerous,yetthisseemstobeatrendinoursociety.Asanengineer,RobertWaligurskiisnaturallyanalytical,researchingthingshedoesn’tknow.After20yearsofanalyzingtheteachingsofJesus,hebecamesaddenedbyhowmuchofwhatchurchesareteachinganddoingappeartobecontrarytotheteachingsofJesus.BewareofHypocrisy:WhoIsTeachingUsWhat?waswrittentoexplainwhythistrendisdangerous,andtoencourageChristianstostudytheNewTestament,especiallytheGospels,themselves.“IwrotethisbookasawarningtothosewholearnedalltheyknowaboutChristianityfromachurchinsteadofthroughreadingandstudyingtheNewTestament,”saysWaligurski.“Exclusivelyrelyingononeinstitutionforsuchvitalinformationcanbedangerous,yetthisseemstobeatrendinoursociety.Myhopeisthatthisbookwillhelpyoutounderstandwhyyoushouldnotfallintothistrap.”Afteralmosttwothousandyearsofmakingassumptionsandinventingdoctrines,churcheshavesubtlychanged,overtime,theteachingsofJesusintosomethingdifferentfromwhatispresentedintheScriptures.BewareofHypocrisydemonstratesthisbyanalyzingtheteachingsofJesusregardingagiventopicaspresentedintheBible,andthencontrastingitwithwhatchurchesteachanddoregardingthesubject.ThebookconcludeswithencouragementfromhopeintheWordoftheLord.Inaddition,techniquesforstudyingtheBiblearepresented,alongwithrecommendationsonBibletranslations,onlineBibles,andBibleapps.
RobertWaligurskiisaseniordesignengineeratSafran,designingtheinteriorsofBoeingandAirbusaircraft.HehasaphysicsdegreefromtheUniversityofIllinoisandthreegraduatedegreesinengineeringfromtheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia.HehasheldfacultypositionsatChapmanUniversityCollegeandEmbry-RiddleAeronauticalUniversity.HehasspentovertwentyyearsresearchingtheBibleandancientmanuscripts,seekingthetruthaboutGod,Jesus,humankind,andreality.
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SuggestedInterviewQuestionsforRobertWaligurski
Ø Tellusaboutyourbackground.Wereyouraisedinthechurch?
Ø Asanengineerdesigninginteriorsforaircraft,howdidyouuseyouranalyticalskillstoresearchforthisbook?
Ø Yousaythisbookis“awarningtothosewholearnedalltheyknowaboutChristianityfromachurchinsteadofthroughreadingandstudyingtheNewTestament,especiallytheGospels,themselves.”Whydoyouseetheneedforawarning?Isn’tthechurchsupposedtoteachusthetruth?
Ø WhyisitdangerousforChristianstoexclusivelyrelyononeinstitutionfor
vitalinformation?
Ø Howisthebooksetup?Whataresomeoftheissuesyoudiscuss?
Ø WhatisonetopicthatthechurchmostmisrepresentsoriscontradictorytoJesus’teaching?
Ø Isitpossibleforchurches,liketheCatholicchurch,tochange?
Ø WhyisitcrucialforindividualstostudytheScripturesforthemselves?
Ø Whatadvicedoyouhaveforpeoplewhowanttodiveintoscriptureand
readwhatJesushastosayaboutcertainissues,butdon’tknowhoworwheretostart?
