Who Would Jesus Mock?

In-depth article about Christian consumerism. Has some very intelligent and objective observations, some of which are downright sickening. For example, "Examining popular evangelical books of the 1950s through the early 1980s, University of Virginia sociologist James Davison Hunter found prominent strains of hedonism and narcissism, those staples of the secular self-help genre... the seeming commandment to be fruitful and accessorize, the gimme gospel of Jabez, the materialism suffusing material Christianity, the T-shirt drawers where J. Crew lies atop J. Christ (the Word become logo), plus the suspicion that the reigning credo isn't "I am the way, and the truth, and the life," but rather "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." "

The Bible says that the light came into the darkness but the darkness did not recognize it. In our day, we could say that the light came into the darkness and the darkness didn't notice it. Thanks to Mute Troubadour for the link.