Sep 8, 2022 | by Pastor Joe Griffo | series: Equipping the Saints: What Every Christian Needs to Know
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Sermon Notes
Introduction
- What Is Progressive Christianity?
- “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
- Scriptures to Know
- Romans 16:17-18
- 2 Timothy 4:3-4
- 2 Peter 2:1-3
- 1 John 4:1
- Jude 1:4
- Ephesians 5:6-13
- 2 John 1:7-11
Tags: Christianity, Discernment, Progressive, Reformed