The predominant energy within American Christianity is in what I call “pop Christianity” or “Christianity-Lite.” This brand of faith tastes great but is less filling, and wherever it prevails, it is a source of impoverishment of faith and culture. Christianity, when it takes on these characteristics, is an imposter. People are seeking the way home to God, but pop Christianity cannot provide it. Yet for many today, Christianity-Lite is all they know, and the consequences are serious for both the religious and the irreligious.
Christianity-Lite’s cultural accommodation poses sever consequences for today’s spiritual seeker. When seekers become disenchanted with a diversionary, mindless, celebrity-driven, and well-marketed but unsatisfying popular culture, if they turn to contemporary Christianity, they will often find those same qualities. We are witnessing the marketing of a Christianity-Lite that produces conversions instead of disciples
…In place of Jesus’ call to self-denial and promise of persecution and sacrifice, today’s consumer-oriented, commoditized Christianity offers heaven in the future and fulfillment of the American dream now (pg. 40).
Christians are called to be light of the world, not the lite of the world (pg. 41).
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