Christless Christianity
Subtitle: the alternative gospel of the American church
By: Michael Horton.
Publisher: Baker
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780801013188
Subjects: Evangelicalism -- United States; Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines -- United States; United States -- Religious life and customs
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ).
Table of contents: title: Christless Christianity; title: Naming our captivity : moralistic, therapeutic deism; title: Smooth talk and Christless Christianity; title: How we turn good news into good advice; title: Your own personal Jesus; title: Delivering Christ : the message and the medium; title: A call to the resistance.