Monetizing Jesus and the God gulf

Nicholas Kristof, in contrasting the life of the Rev. John Stott to other evangelical Christians, points out that Stott was very far from the preachers who monetize Jesus in preference to emulating him.  Stott was a scholar and did good works; he has much company in those qualities among other evangelicals still living.

Humanitarian-minded folk, some Christian, contribute to the "God gulf" by ascribing the distasteful qualities they perceive in some evangelical leaders to all who believe that way.

How much more good we could accomplish if religious and secular together would overcome the "God gulf."

Kristof, Evangelicals Without Blowhards, NYTimes, 7/31, SR 11.