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| Named Person: | Jesus Christ |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Scott Horton |
| ISBN: | 9780801013188 0801013186 |
| OCLC Number: | 232256786 |
| Description: | 270 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Christless Christianity : the American captivity of the church -- Naming our captivity : moralistic, therapeutic deism -- Smooth talking 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. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Horton. |
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Abstract:
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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