“Progressive Christianity is an open, intelligent and collaborative approach to the Christian tradition and the life and teachings of Jesus that creates a pathway into an authentic and relevant religious experience.”
(ProgressiveChristianity.org)
Progressive Christianity - Focuses on Feelings, Pragmatism, Personal Happiness, Social Justice, Care for the Poor and Oppressed, Environmental Causes, Acceptance of Diversity, Keeping Up with Culture
Progressive Christianity - is not overly concerned with core Christian beliefs, but uses Christian terminology, redefines doctrines or at least, understates them
Biblical authority - inspiration - sufficiency
The substitutionary atonement of Christ (seen as unnecessary. . . “Cosmic child abuse”)
Original Sin - Deny the sin nature
Miracles - Downplayed, ignored
Progressive Christianity is sympathetic to or fully affirms . . .
LGBTQ+ - Relationships, “Marriage”, etc. - (side A & B)
Universalism - Eventually every person will be saved
Social Justice
Perennialism - All religions share similar truths - key is to practice yours faithfully
Naming Names
Hard Core
Jim Wallis
Richard Rohr
Marcus Borg
Peter Enns
Rachel Held Evans
Rob Bell
John Dominic Crossan
Nadia Bolz-Weber
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Brian McLaren
Brian Zahnd
N.T. Wright
Use Extreme Caution
Tim Keller
Matt Chandler
David Platt
Jen Wilkin
Jen Hatmaker
Russell Moore
Beth Moore
David French
Julie Roys
Karen Swallow Prior
“Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it’s telling the difference between right and almost right.”C.H. Spurgeon