Not the Same Old Christianity isn’t a typical Christian book. It’s short on purpose—because Mark Karengin isn’t selling anything. He doesn’t want you to do more; he wants you to think, and maybe make a change of your own choosing. This book strips away the complicated formulas, the guilt, and the endless rules. Instead, it returns to the simplicity of the Gospel: God loves us. We choose selfishness. Jesus came, suffered, died, and rose again to show the depth of that love. And now, we get to love Him back.

Karengin redefines sin as denying kindness to those we meet. He challenges common ideas about prayer, heaven, hell, missions, and even the Trinity. He invites you to stop striving and start being—being loved, and being love to a world that desperately needs it.