tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6283833027236531005..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: How to reach a lost generation?Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-72599750089247624702016-08-06T17:37:44.449-05:002016-08-06T17:37:44.449-05:00Challenges to the 21st Century Church: Moralistic ...Challenges to the 21st Century Church: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, Narcissism & Gnosticism<br />Issues Etc Broadcast <br />http://issuesetc.org/2009/07/20/challenges-to-the-21st-century-church-moralistic-therapeutic-deism-narcissism-gnosticism/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-36998935446989088522016-08-06T17:09:41.324-05:002016-08-06T17:09:41.324-05:00For those who attend GLC: Kenda C. Dean's book...For those who attend GLC: Kenda C. Dean's book is in our library, and "moralistic, therapeutic deism" is a phrase coined by Chistian Smith in his 2005 book co-authored by Melinda L.Denton, Soul Searhing: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. It would be interesting to compare Millenials from other countries (especially global South). I am suspicious that this problem is mainly Western, white, and First World. Of course, the world, the devil and our sinful flesh are always working in tandem against the Faith of everyone.<br /> Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-63867945318844141662016-08-06T09:27:02.180-05:002016-08-06T09:27:02.180-05:00Pr P: if your church is how you say it is then yo...Pr P: if your church is how you say it is then you are to be complimented and thanked for your faithful labor. Sitting in my funeral club cum shark tank, I envy you.Kirk Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142889734004402296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-71559906488146910662016-08-06T07:56:39.296-05:002016-08-06T07:56:39.296-05:00And let's not forget the power of Satan, sinfu...And let's not forget the power of Satan, sinful flesh, and the world which exerts upon young Christians. Our Lord Jesus taught us that some would believe for awhile and then fall away. This is nothing new, but the same matter which has always affected the church. Thank you for pointing out some salient points. In addition to young people, anyone is susceptible to falling away from the Lord. The solution? More of the same faithful teaching, as you indicate. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-16263018196532234372016-08-06T07:16:14.824-05:002016-08-06T07:16:14.824-05:00Tenets of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
(1) A god ...Tenets of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism <br />(1) A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth.<br /><br />(2) God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.<br /><br />(3) The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself.<br /><br />(4) God does not need to be particularly involved in one’s life except when God is needed to resolve a problem.<br /><br />(5) Good people go to heaven when they die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-2484486718301740032016-08-06T06:57:04.079-05:002016-08-06T06:57:04.079-05:00When I child receives confirmation from the pastor...When I child receives confirmation from the pastor it should be just that. The pastor should be confirming what the child has already been taught in the home. The material, generally, should not be new to the child. Family worship and teaching at home are how Christian parents are to receive and believe the promises of God for their children.David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-8600768618958779812016-08-06T06:35:43.984-05:002016-08-06T06:35:43.984-05:00An interesting book is Almost Christian by Kenda C...An interesting book is Almost Christian by Kenda Creasy Dean. <br />Quote:<br />"The bombshell that the book unleashes upon the Christian world is that Dean asserts teenagers are learning very well the kind of beliefs and faith that their parents and congregations actually espouse and model—a feel-good replacement of Christianity called Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. Dean agrees with the authors of Soul Searching that MTD has infiltrated a large number of American churches and has wooed us into believing a self-serving, feel-good, do-good gospel that is a far cry from the self-giving love of Christ. The lackluster, less-than-consequential faith of American teenagers is directly the result of teens seeing their parents and faith communities practice a kind of faith that is often a thinly veiled self-help moralism. " <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com