{"id":30278,"date":"2015-05-19T06:52:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T10:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=30278"},"modified":"2015-05-19T06:52:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T10:52:45","slug":"what-is-progressive-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/05\/what-is-progressive-christianity.html","title":{"rendered":"What Is Progressive Christianity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Progressive<\/p>\n

The quote is from yesterday\u2019s post, \u201cProgressive Christianity in the Spotlight.\u201d<\/a> The background image is Miami Chapel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of related interest, David Schnell offered a response<\/a> to the claim of critics of progressive Christianity to represent \u201cBiblical Christianity.\u201d He writes:<\/p>\n

The myth is that so-called Biblical Christianity is tenable, that it\u00a0exists,\u00a0and that it is not merely a superior form of Christianity, but the only true Christianity available to human beings by which we must be saved, and that all other forms of Christianity, by implication, are \u201cunbiblical.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBiblical Christianity,\u201d then, is really just a way for conservative Christians to claim the theological high ground and insult anyone who disagrees with them by creating a litmus test from out-of-context proof texts and announcing arrogantly, \u201cWe\u2019re the ones who are right because we have these verses, and if you don\u2019t agree with us, even if you have verses, you\u2019re wrong because, unlike us, you\u2019re unbiblical, and you\u2019re not going to heaven<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The best way to play that game is not to play,\u00a0but the second-best and most fun is to out-proof-text the proof-texters and call \u201cunbliblical\u201d on them<\/a> before they call it on you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click through<\/a> to read the rest.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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