Category: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Forsaking Biblical Reason in Favor of Feelings
Just as many Christians have abandoned a Christian worldview, many have abandoned the doctrines of Scripture. Many Christians have too low a view of the power and uniqueness of the Bible. They have absorbed the culture’s skepticism and disregard for any person or book that claims authority over them. In the last book he completed before his death in 2000, James Montgomery Boice, considered by many to be among the greatest preachers of the twentieth century, ...
Forsaking Biblical Reason in Favor of Feelings
Just as many Christians have abandoned a Christian worldview, many have abandoned the doctrines of Scripture. Many Christians have too low a view of the power and uniqueness of the Bible. They have absorbed the culture’s skepticism and disregard for any person or book that claims authority over them. In the last book he completed before his death in 2000, James Montgomery Boice, considered by many to be among the greatest preachers of the twentieth century, ...
The Assumed Gospel
The greatest threat to Christ-centered witness even in churches that formally affirm sound teaching is what British evangelical David Gibson calls “the assumed gospel.” The idea is that that gospel is necessary for getting saved, but after we sign on, the rest of the Christian life is all the fine print: conditional forgiveness. It often comes in the form of, “Well, of course, but….” After a month of Sundays with exhortation apart from Good News, one ...
The Assumed Gospel
The greatest threat to Christ-centered witness even in churches that formally affirm sound teaching is what British evangelical David Gibson calls “the assumed gospel.” The idea is that that gospel is necessary for getting saved, but after we sign on, the rest of the Christian life is all the fine print: conditional forgiveness. It often comes in the form of, “Well, of course, but….” After a month of Sundays with exhortation apart from Good News, one ...
To Whom be the Glory Forever and Ever.
In our culture today especially in America is alien to the thinking of the prophet and the Apostles. In fact the Apostle Paul said that people would especially in the last days be lovers of self, boastful, proud, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And what is that power of godliness? Paul says elsewhere, "The gospel is the power of God unto salvation." Both ...
To Whom be the Glory Forever and Ever.
In our culture today especially in America is alien to the thinking of the prophet and the Apostles. In fact the Apostle Paul said that people would especially in the last days be lovers of self, boastful, proud, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And what is that power of godliness? Paul says elsewhere, "The gospel is the power of God unto salvation." Both ...
The “Religion” of the Youth—Of Most Christian Youth.
Many of you have read the posts I've put up lately claiming that we're dealing with another religion and not Christianity in regard to what the "seeker" movement puts forth. I believe that a man named Christian Smith has finally given an accurate name to the beast: "Moralistic, Therapeutic Deism." —Lane Chaplin In Christian Smith's book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, coauthored with Melinda Lundquist Denton, he talked about the views of ...
The “Religion” of the Youth—Of Most Christian Youth.
Many of you have read the posts I've put up lately claiming that we're dealing with another religion and not Christianity in regard to what the "seeker" movement puts forth. I believe that a man named Christian Smith has finally given an accurate name to the beast: "Moralistic, Therapeutic Deism." —Lane Chaplin In Christian Smith's book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, coauthored with Melinda Lundquist Denton, he talked about the views of ...
Crossless Christianity.
Christ died for us. That statement is absolutely central, of course, in Christianity. Prefigured with intricate detail in the sacrificial system of the old covenant Christ's death in our place is one of the most clearly and frequently stated teaching of the NT. So why would Protestants want to abandon this core doctrine? And why would a growing number of Evangelical theologians and pastors find Christ's sin-bearing death in our place, that is the substitutionary ...
Crossless Christianity.
Christ died for us. That statement is absolutely central, of course, in Christianity. Prefigured with intricate detail in the sacrificial system of the old covenant Christ's death in our place is one of the most clearly and frequently stated teaching of the NT. So why would Protestants want to abandon this core doctrine? And why would a growing number of Evangelical theologians and pastors find Christ's sin-bearing death in our place, that is the substitutionary ...
If You are a Pastor/Serious Christian, Watch This With URGENCY in FULL.
—"Pop Goes the Hype!" [gccwired] (SliceCast) @LaneChaplin * 47% of those attending DO NOT believe in salvation by grace. * 57% of those attending DO NOT believe in the authority of the Bible. * 56% of those attending DO NOT believe Jesus is the only way to eternal life. These are the statistics you would expect to find if you were to poll your local mall or baseball game, but these statistics are of a "Church"! The question must ...
If You are a Pastor/Serious Christian, Watch This With URGENCY in FULL.
—"Pop Goes the Hype!" [gccwired] (SliceCast) @LaneChaplin * 47% of those attending DO NOT believe in salvation by grace. * 57% of those attending DO NOT believe in the authority of the Bible. * 56% of those attending DO NOT believe Jesus is the only way to eternal life. These are the statistics you would expect to find if you were to poll your local mall or baseball game, but these statistics are of a "Church"! The question must ...