When I use the term progressive Christian I mean a Christian who both accepts the Nicene Creed as their statement of faith and accepts the general findings of science, history, and modern scholarship. My concern is to distinguish myself from those who have given up the historical faith for a Christianity that is disconnected from…
The Bible is Not the Words of God
The serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die!” (Gen. 3:4). The Bible is the word of God in the sense of being a message about God. But the words of the Bible are not the words from God. That is, the words of the Bible are not a direct message from God…
Homosexuality
“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law” (Rom. 13:10 NIV). Love Love is not a feeling, it is the act of the will. It is aiming to choose the highest good of others equally with our own. Harm The purpose of the moral law is to eliminate…
The Quiet Ones
“For they do not speak peace, but they conceive deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land” (Ps. 35:20). Hermits should be “those who are quiet in the land.” For they live in solitude and hiddenness. They do what the Apostle Paul said: “But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so…
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name; Your kingdom come; Your will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil….