Mere and Bare Christianity
My contention is that Christians practice Christianity entirely wrong. More radically put, I would even argue that most, if not all, Christians (or those who identify themselves as Christians ) are worshipping the golden calf, doing what appears to be Christian, but in reality is something else. What is Christianity? In essence, it is a covenant, a promise of salvation; the laws and the gospel are devised only to articulate, navigate, and execute this covenant. Accordingly, Christianity qua covenant calls for a certain attitude, identity, or lifestyle. When I say that Christians practice Christianity wrong, therefore, I mean that Christians fail to have secured the appropriate attitude. This failure, in my view, stems from misunderstanding one’s status and relation to the covenant, specifically what sort of attitude the covenant that Christianity is actually implies. My intention in this essay is to expound on what exactly this misunderstanding consists in. Why do you believe in God? ...