Mike Ratliff has a useful article on this subject.
I like his opening paragraphs which include this assessment….
A common core of the tattered remains of much of American Evangelicalism can best be summed up in what is known as Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. This religion is based around the following five points.
- A God exists who created and orders the world and watches over human life on earth.
- God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
- The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.
- God does not need to be particularly involved in one’s life except when he is needed to resolve a problem.
- Good people go to heaven when they die.
Another challenging writing can be found in John Bunyan’s little book.
The Barren Fig Tree, or, The doom and downfall of the fruitless professor. | John Bunyan | 60 | The title page was printed with a wide black border, most probably, to get the reader’s attention. | 1688 |
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