Christianity with a low bar

This post is from the defunct blog "Dying Church"

From OnMission.com:

Too many in the church today have turned Christianity, which ought to be our greatest passion, into a pastime. Trading their birthright as radically saved children of God for the pottage* of recreational faith, many settle for a view of the faith that considers a strong Christian to be someone who 1) attends church regularly, 2) gives money, and 3) says

Comments

[Cocomo]

I love these thoughts! I agree 100 percent! Cocomo

[Anita]

amen.

[James]

The tragedy is that pastime Christianity was created by our "selling" of the faith as some form of life enhancement program and not personal salvation from an eternity in hell. Jesus Christ was not Tony Robbins of his day. We have created a body of "goats" who think by being a good person (from there own perspective) their works will get them God's favour.

[Toni]

I've banged on about this before, but as long as there is a laity and a clergy this will be a problem. Failure to come to God for ourselves will make people pew fillers, rather than active. Living off other's inspiration will result in dulling of our own sensitivity to God and to others. The church needs to be an army - not a medical institution.