Pastor Eugene Cho: this generation may be “most overrated in human history”

Jonathan Merritt

Pastor Eugene Cho has a confession to make: “I’m more in love with the idea of following Jesus than actually following Jesus.”

But with his confession comes an indictment. He believes that many Christians are just like him. They like the idea of following Jesus or changing the world or doing good more than the actions themselves. And this, Cho says, is a big problem.

Cho is the founder of One Days Wages and lead pastor of Quest Church. In his new book, Overrated, Cho throws some powerful punches at American Christians. He paints a picture of couch-surfing, lazy slactivists who talk a lot about justice but don’t do much of anything. This has led him to propose that modern generations may be “the most overrated in human history.” Here, we discuss this provocative idea and what he thinks Christians can do to begin following the “Jesus of downward mobility.”

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