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A Western Jesus: The Wayward Americanization of Christ and the Church is unavailable, but you can change that!

Is the Jesus of the modern western civilization the same Jesus found in the Bible? Is what we understand him to be in the United States and Europe the same as what’s perceived in Africa or the underground church of China? How can one person pray for a great parking space while another is praying for just enough food or safety to survive that day? A Western Jesus speaks to the western world’s...

way too far. We want to show the world that we are not prudes and that a great life is in store for the believer. Grace covers it all and there is freedom in Christ. Legalism is despised, as it should be, but it is often confused with holiness, which it shouldn’t be. There has been a moral fall, if you will—a departure from Christ and his teaching. We, as the church, have concluded that relating to society requires joining society. We now have Christian magazines with weekly movie reviews. I have
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