{"id":39938,"date":"2021-11-25T12:25:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T18:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=39938"},"modified":"2021-11-25T12:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T18:25:31","slug":"progressive-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/progressive-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Source:<\/strong> Trevin Wax, “3 Surprises from New Research on ‘Progressive’ and ‘Conservative’ Christians<\/a>,”\u00a0The Gospel Coalition<\/em>, 9 November 2021.<\/p>\n

“In defining conservative and progressive Christians, the authors use theological rather than political criteria. Individuals who believe the Bible is the inerrant Word of God and say Jesus is the only path to salvation are conservative Christians. Those who do not believe the Bible is the inerrant Word of God and do not see Jesus as the only path to salvation are progressive Christians.”<\/p>\n

“1. Progressive Christians are more likely to establish their identity through politics, while conservative Christians find their identity in theology.”<\/p>\n

“2. Conservative Christians are more likely than progressive Christians to defy political orthodoxy.”<\/p>\n

“3. Progressive Christians are more likely to seek converts among conservative Christians than among non-Christians.”<\/p>\n

“The common perception is that theologically conservative Christians remain in a bubble of like-mindedness, but Yancey and Quosigk’s research showed the opposite. It’s theologically progressive Christians who surround themselves with homogeneously thinking peers, and part of that homogeneity is an “overwhelmingly negative” view of conservative Christians.”<\/p>\n

“In fact, the progressive view of the conservative is so bleak that progressives see themselves as more closely aligned with Muslims than with conservative Christians. How can this be true? It goes back to a commitment among progressive Christians to treat non-Christian beliefs with equality. For progressive Christians, Jesus gets recast as the way to true peace in this life and an exemplary model of humanity (instead of the traditional understanding of his role as Savior and Son of God), and this pushes aside the need for evangelism of unbelievers.<\/p>\n

‘Most progressive Christians do not base their religion on strict obedience to the Bible, nor do they feel a strong need to encourage others to accept their interpretation of the Bible or even to accept a Christian faith. The core of their religion is built upon a value set of inclusiveness, tolerance, and social justice. Christianity is just one of many paths to achieving a society of inclusion and justice for the marginalized. It is not necessarily a superior path. . . . (191)’<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great<\/em>” (Luke 6:46-49).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Trevin Wax, “3 Surprises from New Research on ‘Progressive’ and ‘Conservative’ Christians,”\u00a0The Gospel Coalition, 9 November 2021. “In defining conservative and progressive Christians, the authors use theological rather than political criteria. Individuals who believe the Bible is the inerrant Word of God and say Jesus is the only path to salvation are conservative Christians.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[310,192],"class_list":["post-39938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-government","tag-liberalism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57460,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-intolerance-and-lies-of-open-mindedness\/","url_meta":{"origin":39938,"position":0},"title":"The Intolerance and Lies of Open-Mindedness","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer We've all heard it: we don't accept a particular viewpoint so, therefore, we are closed-minded bigots trapped inside some blind faith and hope fostered by an ancient, cultish superstition. 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