Christless Christianity : the alternative gospel of the American church /
Horton, Michael Scott.
Christless Christianity : the alternative gospel of the American church / Michael Horton. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : BakerBooks, c2008. - 270 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270).
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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2008023631
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Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.
Evangelicalism--United States.
United States--Religious life and customs.
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Christless Christianity : the alternative gospel of the American church / Michael Horton. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : BakerBooks, c2008. - 270 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270).
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 (cloth) 0801013186 (cloth)
2008023631
GBA8B2090 bnb
014760529 Uk
Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.
Evangelicalism--United States.
United States--Religious life and customs.
BR 1642 .U5 / H674 2008