No one wants to be hated, but Jesus said his followers will be hated by the world. Now, here is a message that tells you how you can avoid all that so that the unbelieving world will love you, not hate you. It is called the Church Growth Movement and it really works wonderfully if your endgame is getting the nod from those people around you who really find the Bible too offensive to their progressive taste. But I am suggesting that we don’t go, recognizing that “everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (2 Tim. 3:12).