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The reality is that for many of us, the church is the same as Jesus in our minds. If Christians commit terrible acts both personally and corporately, then how can Jesus be the real-deal? It almost makes us wonder if Christian preachers are "snake-oil salesmen" – promoting a product that doesn’t really work. Jesus is supposed to be this “life-changing reality” that transforms hearts and lives, yet the Christian community looks just like the world, if not sometimes even worse (because they claim to be better). How do we approach this question? What can we say to help us process this doubt? We'll take two simple steps today in answering this question. The first step will be to own the sins we as the church have committed, the second to see how a biblical framework helps us understand this problem.