Horton, Michael Scott. <br/><br/>
Christless Christianity :  the alternative gospel of the American church /  [print] 
Michael Horton. 
 - Grand Rapids, Michigan :  Baker,  (c)2008. 
 - 270 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
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<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801013188 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008023631 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA8B2090  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014760529  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR1642.H823.C475 2008 BR1642