Christ is ubiquitous in this subculture, but more as an adjective (Christian) than as a proper name. While we swim in a sea of “Christian” things, Christ is increasingly reduced to a mascot or symbol of a subculture and the industries that feed it. Just as you don’t really need Jesus Christ in order to have T-shirts and coffee mugs, it is unclear to me why he is necessary for most of the things I hear a lot pastors and Christians talking about in church these days…Liberals may have pioneered the idea that there is salvation in other names than Jesus Christ, but no group in modern history has wanted the general public to pray non-sectarian prayers – that is, with or without Jesus Christ – as much as the conservative evangelicals. When it comes to getting God back into our schools, we can even leave Jesus behind. Jesus has been dressed up as a corporate CEO, life coach, culture-warrior, political revolutionary, philosopher, copilot, cosufferer, moral example, and partner in fulfilling our personal and social dreams. But in all of these ways, are we reducing the central character in the drama of redemption to a prop for our own play? Michael Horton from his book Christless Christianity.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 17:20:14 +0000
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