The American Gospel
Our last session for this conference is with Brian McLaren…he just put up a slide that I thought I’d share:
our contemporary gospel is primarily:
random thoughts & associations
Our last session for this conference is with Brian McLaren…he just put up a slide that I thought I’d share:
our contemporary gospel is primarily:
Do you think this is really an accurate description? I guess, I am just not used to being around Christians who don’t see the gospel in terms of total life transformation. I feel McLaren is way overemphasizing his bias to prove his point, but then maybe it just depends on who you are around.
KG
April 27, 2008 at 8:05 pm
My gosh…totally resonates! We are very much so about saving souls, which entails receiving a Christ who will walk them into Heaven holding their hand. Forget about life transformation, character and spiritual development, and social crises. I would venture to say that most churches are very scared to admit that, but if you simply examine what is being taught from most stages, it becomes quite clear what is “most important”. And to some degree I don’t have a problem with that. The problem is when “most important” becomes the only focus.
Chris
April 28, 2008 at 1:59 pm
sobering.
justin
April 28, 2008 at 2:16 pm
McLaren must be friends with Barna……..how else does a person make that assumption.
rick-e-b
April 30, 2008 at 5:48 am
i do not even like brian mclaren. but that is good.
emily
May 3, 2008 at 12:35 pm