Horton, Michael Scott. <br/><br/>
Christless Christianity :  the alternative gospel of the American church / 
Michael Horton. 
 - Grand Rapids, Mich. :  BakerBooks,  c2008. 
 - 270 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270). 
<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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801013188 (cloth) 0801013186 (cloth) 
<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>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evangelicalism--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Religious life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR 1642 .U5  / H674 2008