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Customer Reviews for Baker Books Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
Baker Books Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
Invoking Martin Luther's treatise On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Michael Horton fears that the church in America has also been willingly taken captive. The captors are American culture and ideals: consumerism, pragmatism, self-sufficiency, individualism, positive thinking, personal prosperity, and nationalism. Though these are antithetical to the gospel, we have often made them part and parcel with it.
Horton argues that while we haven't yet arrived at Christless Christianity, we are well on our way. Though 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. Here is a must-read for anyone concerned about the state and future of Christianity and the church in America.
Horton argues that while we haven't yet arrived at Christless Christianity, we are well on our way. Though 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. Here is a must-read for anyone concerned about the state and future of Christianity and the church in America.
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Customer Reviews for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
Review 1 for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
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great Book
Date:January 11, 2013
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Horton os to the point and covers many aspects of the Christian faith in which many people have been blindsided by. Very good and thorough book
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Date:November 15, 2012
Although there is a balance to all Michael Horton says...he is direct and hits the nail squarely on the head. This book, if read with an open mind, clearly can bring corrective balance to what is going on in the Church today. I have been saved 50 years and experienced a swing from legalism to liberty...and this book addresses both issues.
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Review 3 for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
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Well worth reading
Date:May 27, 2012
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Location:BC, Canada
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A well-written book that helped me understand the trends in what passes for Christianity in many churches today.
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Review 4 for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
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Restoring the Gospel in the Church
Date:November 3, 2011
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I was attracted to this book by its title because I, like others, am concerned at the distortion of the Gospel in the contemporary American church. I was anxious to get the author's take on such obvious examples as the prosperity gospel, televangelists, and "web church," but found myself evaluating my own forms of ministry and the manner in which I personally conveyed the Gospel. In short, "blind spots" were revealed as I took a closer look at how I lead our people to live out the Gospel on a weekly basis. Horton is provocative, but hard to argue with as he takes aim at many of our "sacred cows" and those who feed them. He exhorts us to be discerning and biblical and cautious not to follow every wind of doctrine that turns the focus of salvation upon ourselves rather than God. Horton's reformed perspective will not resonate with everyone, but I personally found it refreshing to reflect more on what God has done for us instead of what we are to do for Him. This is not an easy book to read, but it is a necessary call for us to refocus on what the Gospel is and not what we have made it to be. Pastors and lay leaders who care about maintaining or restoring the purity of the Gospel in their churches should read it.
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Review 5 for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
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An excellent and challenging work
Date:July 20, 2011
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Horton has a challenging message about the Church today and the ways that we unknowingly make the Gospel of Jesus Christ more about us than about Him. If you expect this book to be about others' mistakes, beware. You are likely to find that you are challenged as well. His message is clear, and its all about Jesus.
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Date:January 21, 2010
Tom Klein
Horton hits the nail on the head as far as I am concerned. If you do not understand "therapeutic moralistic deism" then you need to read this book.
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Review 7 for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
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Date:October 22, 2009
William Walls
A very well written account of the worldliness of so much of "Professed Christianity" found in America in this time of materialism and so-called, faith healers. This book...and Hank Hanegraaff"s book entitled; "Christianity in Crisis", should also be among every mature Christian's book collection in this day of deception that plaques the real gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Well worth the price! Signed: An Unknown Christian
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Review 8 for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
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Date:July 16, 2009
As a foreign guy, I have to admit that this book is rather difficult to read because of it's high level vocabulary usages. They are a lot of words that are not in common usages. It is a very good book for me but it is hard to grasp all the meanings . I hope the author should simplify his words to make a new simplified edition for average readers.
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Review 9 for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
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Date:June 19, 2009
Catherine D Carr
This is a very timely and important subject. It's one that Christians need to stop and consider once it's put before us in such a clear and concise manner.
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Review 10 for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
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Date:May 31, 2009
Naomi O'connor
Not an easy read but valuable insight on the condition of American churches. Rather difficult to determine if a statement was quote or authors opinion, requires careful reading.
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Review 11 for Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church - eBook
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Date:April 27, 2009
Superb book and very timely. We live in an age where the church is more shaped by secular culture than the Bible. Horton exposes the trend of Christian confusing Christianity with American-ism. He offers the solution- a return to the purity of the Biblical gospel of regeneration and salvation. This book could do for the modern church what Luther's 95 Thesis did for the Renaissance era church if enough folks read it. God bless Michael Horton.
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