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Christless Christianity

11 posts

The Smooth Talking False Gospel

Michael Horton in the third chapter of Christless Christianity sets his sights on the Word of Faith movement, in particular Joel Osteen.

Confusing Law and Gospel

Shane Vander Hart: We can’t ‘live’ the gospel. We can’t ‘do’ the Gospel. We can’t ‘be’ the Gospel. But we can believe it and share it.

Our Natural Heresy

Shane Vander Hart: Michael Horton said Pelagianism is the ‘default setting’ of the human heart and semi-Pelagianism has infiltrated many American churches.

What Is The Purpose of the Church?

Why does the church exist.  Ask that to twenty different people and…

Love and Justice Satisfied

With all of the debate swirling around recently with the Iowa Gay…

A Warning About Practical Preaching

In addressing the trend of more “practical preaching,” Michael Horton in Christless…

Christianity Not For The Comfortable

C.S. Lewis, in an essay entitled, “Answers to Questions About Christianity” in…

The Law Levels All of Us

Coleen’s post on Thursday reminded me of the passage below that I…

Osteen’s 60 Minutes Interview

I wanted to follow up the last post with video that Coleen…

Trading Sin and Grace with Dysfunction and Therapy

This is a step toward Christless Christianity.  Unfortunately we see it in…

Christianity Without Christ

I started reading Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church…