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Red Letter Minimalism - What is it?

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Red Letter Minimalism is apolitical. It is neither postmodernist, “woke,” nationalist, nor electorally “conservative.”  Red Letter Minimalism is about following Christ, “imitation of Christ,” which requires deliberate character development, as is connoted in the Great Commandment, as well as in other passages in the written record of Christ’s incarnate ministry. *** Below are quotations that are consonant with Red Letter Minimalism. TOPICS: Purpose of the Church Gospel (Defining “The Gospel”) Community Compassion Disciple-Making Metanoia (inadequately translated as “Repentance”) Commandments & Neuroplasticity Knowledge / Propositional Cheap Grace Obedience Scripture Study Evidence of Salvation Church Growth *** Understanding Red Letter Minimalism 1) Purpose of the Church [T]he Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, serm...