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005			20251028093110.0
008			080529s2008 miu b 000 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aBR 1642 .U5 _bH674 2008
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100	1		_aHorton, Michael Scott.
245	1	0	_aChristless Christianity : _bthe alternative gospel of the American church / _cMichael Horton.
260			_aGrand Rapids, Mich. : _bBakerBooks, _cc2008.
300			_a270 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-270).
505	0		_aChristless 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.
520			_aHorton 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
650		0	_aEvangelicalism _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xReligious life and customs.
600	0	0	_aJesus Christ _xHistory of doctrines.
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