Comments on: American Jesus: A Manifesto

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:38:23 +0000

Thanks, J.W. Yeah, there’s a lot packed in this post.

By: J.W. Wartick

J.W. Wartick — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:43:56 +0000

Excellent! I need to go through and reread it when I have time to reflect on it further.

By: Revisiting the Paradox of Salvation – Part 4 | prayeramedic

Revisiting the Paradox of Salvation – Part 4 | prayeramedic — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:41:15 +0000

[...] and to get you thinking. I’m not going to fill in all the blanks, I would have to write another manifesto in order to do that. So bear with me as I go through the text at this brisk pace, it will be [...]

By: Rich Schmidt

Rich Schmidt — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:10:49 +0000

Oh, I know. I was responding to the previous comments, not to the post… though they built off the post, by asserting that most American churches are about self-gratification, not self-sacrifice.

By: Dan O'Day (prayeramedic)

Dan O'Day (prayeramedic) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:05:11 +0000

That’s great, Rich. I’m glad to hear that area churches were able to help your local homeless, that is wonderful. This post is concerned with an understanding of salvation and the Gospel, not so much social justice. Great deeds of social justice are done by individuals everywhere, Christian or not. This post is concerned with people’s understanding of God’s good news of salvation. Without a proper perspective on this, even all of our great deeds of social justice are like “filthy rags” before God.

By: Rich Schmidt

Rich Schmidt — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:52:37 +0000

Dan, I know you wrote this a while ago, so maybe by now you’re starting to tone down your “most churches are bad” vibe… but I find it a bit ironic that you wrote your comment in December, and mentioned collecting groceries for a shelter… because that was about halfway through the 6 months that more than a dozen churches in Valparaiso partnered together to provide shelter for homeless men, providing them with a warm place to sleep and 3 meals a day. I forget the exact numbers, but more than 70 men were served, some of whom would likely have died without a place to stay.

So let me be another voice asking you to look around and see that not every church is completely failing to live up to its calling.

By: ?-ianity, a Christless Christianity | 390days.com

?-ianity, a Christless Christianity | 390days.com — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:59:09 +0000

[...] the gospel of American Christianity is really no Gospel at all — see my recent post entitled American Jesus: A Manifesto for more on that. But this is much more significant than just the presentation of “Decision [...]

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:07:27 +0000

Great explanation!!

By: Dan O'Day (prayeramedic)

Dan O'Day (prayeramedic) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:58:50 +0000

Thanks Dick!

By: Dick Rockenbach

Dick Rockenbach — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:15:50 +0000

simply an outstanding piece Dan. Well done. -D