Christless Christianity : the alternative gospel of the American church /
Horton, Michael Scott.
Christless Christianity : the alternative gospel of the American church / [print] Michael Horton. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker, (c)2008. - 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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.
9780801013188
2008023631
GBA8B2090 bnb
014760529 Uk
Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.
BR1642.H823.C475 2008 BR1642
Christless Christianity : the alternative gospel of the American church / [print] Michael Horton. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker, (c)2008. - 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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.
9780801013188
2008023631
GBA8B2090 bnb
014760529 Uk
Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.
BR1642.H823.C475 2008 BR1642