Why I hate "hipster Christians"

I attended a fundamentalist Bible college when I wandered into the church down the street. They had the most engaging Sunday school teacher who was writing a book on being disappointed with God. I was full-on fed-up with God, so I joined the class.

He had just started contemplating another book on the life of Jesus. He showed us movie clips and compared them to different versions of the Bible. Right before he slipped in one video tape, he said, “The best thing about this video tape, is the hair.” As soon as he hit play, the class burst out in laughter, because the clip was from Godspell and our teacher was Philip Yancey. He was sporting a 'do that would make Malcolm Gladwell envious. It would have fit in well on this poster. 

I tell this story to give you a bit of perspective on Yancey. He’s funny. He’s a man of particular style who doesn’t take himself too seriously.