Moralistic: We should be good moral people.
Therapeutic: The goal of this religion is to provide therapeutic benefits to its adherents.
Deism: God exists and created the world, but then kinda just leaves us alone unless we need him to fix a problem.
The message of the gospel—the entire storyline of scripture—is God’s loving pursuit of people who run from him as fast as they can and who live lives unworthy of his love.
That’s why it’s called grace.
But our Sunday school lessons teach us to be good little boys and girls, and God will love us and use us. It’s the total opposite of the gospel. It’s a counterfeit of the worst kind.
