When everything is reduced to the
therapeutic, then sin is denied, and when sin is denied the Cross of Christ is
relegated to a quaint symbol of…what? When we are bent on saving the “psychological
man” we deny the Cross and become purveyors of…what?
We have taken bleach and
scoured the Cross, steel wool and removed its stains; we have pressured washed
it so that it does not offend – we have called a Hazmat team in to ensure there
are no blood-borne pathogens – we will contain the offense of the Cross. Then
we have decorated it, prettied it up, and invited others to come feel good…and
then do we wonder why lives are not changed? No we don’t, we just come up with
better sociological and psychological approaches for what passes for church.
We are more interested in how
we think about ourselves than in how we think about the suffering Christ.
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