Churches seem to have offered teenagers a kind of "diner theology": a
bargain religion, cheap but satisfying, whose gods require little in
the way of fidelity or sacrifice. Never mind that centuries of
Christians have read Jesus' call to lay down one's life for others as
the signature feature of Christian love, or that God's self-giving
enables us to share the grace of Christ when ours is pitifully
insufficient. Diner theology is much easier than all this -- and it is
far safer, especially for malleable youth.
Kenda Creasy Dean
Almost Christian
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