Christian music, publishing, and media has produced a culture of young Christians who know next to nothing about their own faith except how they feel about it.
from this article
Michael Spencer is known to bloggers as the Internet Monk
from this article
Michael Spencer is known to bloggers as the Internet Monk
Is this culture simply the inevitable result of a religion that one can be 'raised into' or 'born into'?
I can't argue with the article. When a tree collapses, it's not because it's dying. It's because it's already dead.
I wouldn't cling to anything that fails the acid test of, "Does this have the power to impact my life?"
Posted by: scott | March 13, 2009 at 03:06 PM
The statement is possibly true.
Similarly, I suspect the Anglican church in the West has produced a culture of old Christians who know next to nothing about their faith, including how they feel about it.
Posted by: David | March 14, 2009 at 12:23 PM
scott - I have long thought that a type of christianity which is dependent upon modernity for its success will fade as modernity does. In that sense I think Spencer is right in that a deterioration of modernity-based evangelicalism is happening/going to happen. The idea of a faith as something inherited automatically is, I think, a hindrance to real growth in faith. "We have Abraham for our father"...
David - you're not being cynical, are you? :^)
Posted by: joseph | March 15, 2009 at 10:34 PM