John 3:16, Cheap Faith, and the Gospel Jesus Actually Preached

John 3:16, Cheap Faith, and the Gospel Jesus Actually Preached

Much of Modern Western Christianity has learned how to keep the name of Christ while leaving the authority of Christ behind. We have built a romanticized religion loosely based upon the Bible, dressed it in Christian language, softened the hard edges, and called it faith. We like Jesus when He forgives, comforts, blesses, and promises heaven. We get much less comfortable when the same Jesus commands repentance, obedience, holiness, and death to self.