Christless Christianity : the alternative gospel of the American church / Michael Horton. [print]

By:

Horton, Michael Scott [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780801013188

Subject(s):

Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines

LOC classification:

BR1642.H823.C475 2008
BR1642

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Table of contents

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Contents:

Naming our captivity: moralistic, therapeutic deism -- Smooth talk and Christless Christianity -- How we turn good news into good advice -- Your own personal Jesus -- Delivering Christ: the message and the medium -- A call to the resistance.

Subject: Horton argues that while we invoke the name of Christ, too often Christ and the Christ-centered gospel are pushed aside. The result is a message and a faith that are, in Horton's words, "trivial, sentimental, affirming, and irrelevant." This alternative "gospel" is a message of moralism, personal comfort, self-help, self-improvement, and individualistic religion. It trivializes God, making him a means to our selfish ends. Horton skillfully diagnoses the problem and points to the solution: a return to the unadulterated gospel of salvation. ~ from publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BR1642.H678.C475 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001798640

Christless Christianity: The American captivity of the Church -- Naming our captivity: moralistic, therapeutic deism -- Smooth talk and Christless Christianity -- How we turn good news into good advice -- Your own personal Jesus -- Delivering Christ: the message and the medium -- A call to the resistance.

Horton argues that while we invoke the name of Christ, too often Christ and the Christ-centered gospel are pushed aside. The result is a message and a faith that are, in Horton's words, "trivial, sentimental, affirming, and irrelevant." This alternative "gospel" is a message of moralism, personal comfort, self-help, self-improvement, and individualistic religion. It trivializes God, making him a means to our selfish ends. Horton skillfully diagnoses the problem and points to the solution: a return to the unadulterated gospel of salvation. ~ from publisher description.

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