It's funny, but my good reformed blogging friend, Josiah Ritchie beat me to the punch. I had just listened to a debate between Robert Schuller and Michael Horton on one of my favorite radio programs: the White Horse Inn. Josiah has an excellent post that highlights what I was going to say. Modern culture has an unhealthy obsession with self esteem. Telling each of us how great we are and how special we are when the truth is--we're all unworthy sinners who desperately need a savior. What happens is we get ourselves all fluffed up and convince ourselves, "hey, I'm all right. I'm a good person. I can do it all myself!" which is a lie from the pit. Truth is none of us is "all right." All of us fall well short of the perfection required for eternal life in paradise. But that doesn't mean there are some "amongst" us who share the postmodernist, unhealthy view of self esteem. As I mentioned earlier, Robert Schuller revealed many of his views on the MP3 I downloaded from the White Horse Inn. His most memorable quote was "Just because it's in the Bible doesn't mean you should preach it." So, how does one know what should be preached and what shouldn't be preached? He doesn't say. Not only that, but this guy has some screwed up ideas of what sin is: Sin is any act or thought that robs myself or another human being of his or her self-esteem --Schuller, Self-Esteem, p. 14. And what is ‘hell’? It is the loss of pride that naturally follows separation from God–the ultimate and unfailing source of our soul’s sense of self-respect --Schuller, Self-Esteem, p. 14. To be born again means that we must be changed from a negative to a positive self-image–from inferiority to self-esteem, from fear to love, from doubt to trust --Schuller, Self-Esteem, p. 68. Jesus never called a person a sinner --Schuller, Self-Esteem, p. 100. Schuller admitted in the program that he would never call someone a sinner, because "that's not how Jesus preached." Apparently he missed Jesus' interactions with the pharisees. Christ is the Ideal One, for he was Self-Esteem Incarnate --Schuller, Self-Esteem, p. 135. So, Mr. Schuller, why would I need a savior? What's the big deal if I'm not a sinner? Postmodernism makes me sick.