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American Idolatry

“In the United States culture has transformed Christ, as well as all other religions found within these shores. In every aspect of the religious life, American faith has met American culture” and American culture has triumphed.” -Alan Wolfe (HT to Glenn Lucke)

Read Two Books. Eugene Peterson, Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity, an absolutely wonderful book, and John Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals. The writing of Gordon Macdonald is also good in this area.
What I mean are leaders, so excuse the sexist language, but I’m wanting to get at something the Bible talks […]

Anyone interested in this series of posts would want to read The Great Giveaway by David Fitch.
I want to begin in what will seem an odd direction, but it is important to remember some basic characteristics of the church if we are going to see the effect of idolatry on it.
Christianity is a movement; it […]

In this series, Michael briefly examines the idolatries that have infected evangelicalism, especially the Southern Baptist Convention.
Previous Posts: American Idolatry: With God On Our Side
A previous IM essay on a similar topic is “Christianity: Silly or Serious?”
Entertainment. Entertainment is an idolatry that has become so much a part of evangelicalism that you almost can’t talk […]


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