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Christless Christianity : the alternative gospel of the American church / Michael Horton

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : BakerBooks, c2008Description: 270 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801013188 (cloth)
  • 0801013186 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 277.308 HOR C 22
LOC classification:
  • BR1642.U5 H674 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: 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 descriptionSummary: 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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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

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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