6. They focus almost entirely on Christian action to the exclusion of belief.
Someone recently told me that people in his denomination don’t value apologetics (why there’s good reason to believe Christianity is true- 1 Peter 3:15) because their apologetics are in their actions. This attitude, effectively, is what you see with many popular Christian authors today, even when they say nothing about apologetics specifically. For them, Christianity is all about what you do in the world; it’s no longer about believing in Jesus as Lord and coming to a saving knowledge of Him (Romans 10:9). This kind of Christianity is hardly different than secular humanism. It just comes with a fond but relatively mild appreciation for Jesus on top…like a candied cherry on a sundae of good works that can easily be removed.
The Bible is clear that belief matters…in an eternally significant way. Orthodoxy (Galatians) and Orthopraxy (James) are interconnected; (it's creeds and deeds not one or the other). We are justified by grace through faith alone and believers are called to walk each day in faith. True faith works itself out in Spirit-filled deeds of love and obedience (Eph. 2:8-10).
7. They use the word “faith” to mean some kind of unbounded belief system about God.
One bestselling Christian author shared the following quote on social media recently: “Faith is not a belief. Faith is what is left when your beliefs have all been blown to hell.” This, sadly, was met with thousands of likes, loves, and shares. It’s also a biblically inaccurate definition of faith (Hebrews 11:1-6).
The Bible does not present faith as blind belief. The Bible repeatedly shows that faith in Christ is reasonable and is based in objective truths about God, man, sin, eternity, etc.
