In the book The Unlikely Disciple, Kevin Roose goes to Liberty to experience what a Christian college campus is like. His views are different than theirs and he is forced to live the life of a Christian. However, he goes in to Liberty University thinking that everyone is a perfect Christian with perfect morals and that is not the case. Once he starts getting to know people he understands that not everyone is like Jerry Falwell and not everyone agrees with everything that the average “Christian” believes. This is eye-opening to Kevin because he starts to realize that the “Christian lifestyle” is not everything that the “secular” people think it is. He starts to live the “Christian life” by reading the Bible, praying, singing in the choir, going to church, and participating in other Christian activities on campus. He acts like he is just another average Christian going to the college which makes the reader think that a lot of people do that every day. They talk the talk and walk the walk but is it really genuine or is it all an act to simply fit in. As Christian leaders, we need to be able to step above the norm and make and extra effort to show the love of Christ and actually genuinely mean it. We need to help those who are going through life faking it and try to help them out. Although this is not an easy task, we need to at least do our best.
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