Who do you say that I am?
Michael White
Colossians 1:15-20
Read: Colossians 1:15-20
A recent religious survey among teenagers found that the dominant religious outlook of the united states is not evangelical Christianity, or Catholicism, or even skepticism. Sociologists described America's most influential religious trend as Christian Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.
?Adherents of this trend don't identify themselves this way. It's just the name that sociologists have given it.
And what is meant by it is that it's Christian in the sense that it's loosely based on Christian Values and ethics.
It's Moralistic in the sense that we are to be good, moral, neighborly people who are nice to each other.
It's Therapeutic in the sense that it's supposed to help its adherents feel good about themselves.
And Deistic in the sense that God doesn't really bother us unless we need him.
And many people who call themselves Christian actually follow this religion.
Says one writer, ''The God of this religion is passionately focused on serving us while making us feel really good about ourselves. He'll mind his own business until we need something, and then he will spring into action. it's not about him. he requires nothing of us. It's all about us. he is at our beck and call''
SO God is like a butler or a genie ready to serve our needs.
The danger in this religion is its subtlety. Jesus is a God of love, of course, but this only presents a one dimensional view of him.
He doesn't really judge sin. This is the sandals wearing, always- smiling- always kind, always nice Jesus.
He's always ok with the choices you make- because he loves you.
Even though you can see my cynicism, I wonder if this kind of thinking has influenced who you believe Jesus to be.
In Matthew 16 Jesus asks the most profound question-
It's the most important question a person could ever ask.
Jesus asks his disciples ''Who do you say that I am?''
Some say he wa ...
Michael White
Colossians 1:15-20
Read: Colossians 1:15-20
A recent religious survey among teenagers found that the dominant religious outlook of the united states is not evangelical Christianity, or Catholicism, or even skepticism. Sociologists described America's most influential religious trend as Christian Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.
?Adherents of this trend don't identify themselves this way. It's just the name that sociologists have given it.
And what is meant by it is that it's Christian in the sense that it's loosely based on Christian Values and ethics.
It's Moralistic in the sense that we are to be good, moral, neighborly people who are nice to each other.
It's Therapeutic in the sense that it's supposed to help its adherents feel good about themselves.
And Deistic in the sense that God doesn't really bother us unless we need him.
And many people who call themselves Christian actually follow this religion.
Says one writer, ''The God of this religion is passionately focused on serving us while making us feel really good about ourselves. He'll mind his own business until we need something, and then he will spring into action. it's not about him. he requires nothing of us. It's all about us. he is at our beck and call''
SO God is like a butler or a genie ready to serve our needs.
The danger in this religion is its subtlety. Jesus is a God of love, of course, but this only presents a one dimensional view of him.
He doesn't really judge sin. This is the sandals wearing, always- smiling- always kind, always nice Jesus.
He's always ok with the choices you make- because he loves you.
Even though you can see my cynicism, I wonder if this kind of thinking has influenced who you believe Jesus to be.
In Matthew 16 Jesus asks the most profound question-
It's the most important question a person could ever ask.
Jesus asks his disciples ''Who do you say that I am?''
Some say he wa ...
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