Jonathan Merritt grew up in the inner sanctum of the religious right. With a father (James Merritt) who held the presidency of the 16-million-member Southern Baptist Convention, the author got to know political power brokers such as Jerry Falwell from a young age.
Several years ago, when Matt Chandler began to baptize -- in large numbers -- young adults who had grown up in the church, he sensed an epidemic of this generation of churchgoers who did not actually know the gospel.
Nearly three years before Steve Harvey released his book, "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" and the soon-to-be-released movie, "Think Like a Man," national bestselling author, Daniel Whyte III, from a Christian perspective, wrote a chapter titled "How To Think Like a Man Yet Be All Woman" in his bestselling book, "Letters to Young Black Women".