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# Beyond a greeting card theology
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200739beyond-a-greeting-card-theology-html/
- Published: 2007-03-09T19:37:47.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:32:56.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

[Challies reports on a message by Al Mohler](http://www.challies.com/archives/002421.php?ref=dashhouse.com):

> All around us are preachers preaching greeting card theology that says the gospel comes down to this: you're affirmed, you're encouraged, you're loved, be happy, God loves you, seize the day. After declaring "God save us from preachers with greeting card theology!" he turned to 1 Corinthians 2:1-5, his text for the evening. This passage does not portray a greeting card theology, but a gospel-focused, Christ-centered theology. It is a theology that is nailed to a cross. And, in fact, Paul's whole purpose in this letter is to point to the centrality of the cross. He then posed this question to the audience: To what extent are we really preaching the cross? The cross makes no sense if you are looking for therapy or self-help. It only makes sense within the context of the full gospel. The cross is an always has been counter-intuitive and counter-cultural.

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