“If we think the main mission of the church is to improve life in Adam and add a little moral strength to this fading evil age, we have not yet understood the radical condition for which Christ is such a radical solution.” IfsThinkingLittlesAgeEvilChristChurchMoralConditionsSolutionsUnderstoodAddMissionsRadicalAdamFadingMoral Strength Book:Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church Source: Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church
“I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it nearly mirrors the world itself. Aside from the packaging, there is nothing that cannot be found in most churches today that could not be satisfied by any number of secular programs and self-help groups.” ThinkingWorldWellsSelfHelpingTodayAmericaFoundChurchNumbersSuccessfulGroupsSelf HelpProgramMirrorsPracticalsSatisfiedObsessedHelpfulRelevantSecularAmerica TodayPackagingChurch Today Book:Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church Source: Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church
“At the end of the day, we need to stop thinking about what we can make of ourselves and start thinking more about who God is, what he has done and is doing in Christ for us and for our neighbors, and how he can use us and our fellow brothers and sisters to be instruments of his gift-giving.” ThinkingNeedsGivingEndsDoneUseChristBrotherFellowsInstrumentsNeighborThe End Of The DayBrothers And SistersWho God IsGift Giving Author:Michael Horton
“Our society trains us to think of marriage as a contractual arrangement. If one party fails to fulfill his or her end, the contract is null and void. Increasingly children are raised in a contractual environment. When contractual thinking dominates our horizon, we can even make Jesus or the church an asset we think we can manage.” IfsThinkingChildrenEndsJesusChurchPartyEnvironmentFailingTrainRaisedManageOur SocietyHorizonAssetsContractsVoidArrangementsNull Author:Michael Horton
