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“ I don’ t mean it to be harsh,” I replied.
What I wanted to say but didn’ t is this: Because we live in such an individualistic culture, it can be hard for us to diagnose the symptoms of individualistic faith. Like a fish that doesn’ t notice the water it swims in, we’ ve become so accustomed to privatized religion that we can’ t see how it’ s affecting our spiritual health. We mistake independence for maturity, isolation for intimacy with God, and self-reliance for spiritual strength.
Excerpted with permission from The Missing Messiah by Kyle Idleman and Mark E. Moore. Copyright 2026, Tyndale.
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Kyle Idleman is a bestselling author and the senior pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the largest churches in America. Kyle is the author of Not a Fan, One at a Time, The End of Me, Gods at War, Grace Is Greater, and Don ' t Give Up. Kyle ' s favorite thing to do is hang out with the love of his life, DesiRae. They have four children: MacKenzie, Morgan, Macy, and Kael. Mark E. Moore is the bestselling author of Core 52 and the teaching pastor at Christ ' s Church of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona, one of the fastest growing and most dynamic churches in America. He previously spent two decades as a New Testament professor at Ozark Christian College. His life ' s passion is to make Scripture accessible and relevant to people trying to make sense of Christianity. Mark and his wife, Barbara, live in Phoenix. 47