teenagers Archives — Jimmy Larche https://jimmylarche.breakawayoutreach.com/tag/teenagers/ Abiding in Him Weekly Devotional Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:14:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://jimmylarche.breakawayoutreach.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-2024-Jimmy-Larche-logo-aih-32x32.png teenagers Archives — Jimmy Larche https://jimmylarche.breakawayoutreach.com/tag/teenagers/ 32 32 CNN: American teenagers embracing “mutant” Christianity https://jimmylarche.breakawayoutreach.com/cnn-american-teenagers-embracing-mutant-christianity/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:14:44 +0000 http://www.jimmylarche.com/blog/?p=300 Interesting CNN article on how American teenagers are embracing “moralistic therapeutic deism.” Translation: a watered-down faith that portrays God as a “divine therapist” whose chief goal is to boost people’s self-esteem. Kenda Creasy Dean, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of “Almost Christian,” argues that many parents and pastors are unwittingly passing...

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]]> Interesting CNN article on how American teenagers are embracing “moralistic therapeutic deism.” Translation: a watered-down faith that portrays God as a “divine therapist” whose chief goal is to boost people’s self-esteem.

Kenda Creasy Dean, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of “Almost Christian,” argues that many parents and pastors are unwittingly passing on a self-serving strain of “mutant” Christianity.

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