num_pages: 272
description: Is it possible that we have left Christ out of Christianity? Is the faith and practice of American Christians today more American than Christian? These are the provocative questions Michael Horton addresses in this thoughtful insightful book. He 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 a return to the unadulterated gospel of salvation.
language: English
title: Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church
publisher: Baker Books