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read moreAbraham Lincoln was a progressive Christian. While being raised in a small fundamentalist Baptist church, Lincoln rejected the Christianity of his parents.
read moreFifty years ago, one prominent topic of conversation in the churches was the ecumenical movement, trying to determine what the various bodies had in common.
read moreInstitutional religion has become vestigial enroute to extinction, having largely become a “non-prophet” organization.
read moreWhat does a Modern Christianity look like to you? Will you help build it?
read moreIt is not so much my thinking that has changed over the last fifty years, as the attitude I bring to that thinking.
read moreThis compilation of the mystical writings of Hadewijch of Antwerp is best described, in Andrew Harvey’s words, as a “heroic song” of love
read moreWhat a person does, the content of one’s act depends on how one analyzes the situation, that is, the method by which one decides.
read moreJoin Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of Season 3 of Star Trek’s somewhat irreverent, adult animation show, “Lower Decks.”
read moreIf you ask this question, the most likely answer you will get, is that a Christian is a person who accepts Jesus as Lord and Savior, this being the most likely answer both fifty years ago and also today.
read moreJoin Mark and Caleb as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of “Last Night in Soho.”
read moreThe mystic, seeking first-hand experience of the divine, soon discovers that the entire universe is conscious and alive, saturated by an all-encompassing and loving Presence. In this sacred and timeless consciousness, God is revealed as both Self and Creation and a great peace begins to melt humanity’s fever dream of scarcity and conflict.
read moreThe question Who is Jesus? is perhaps the most complex issue in Christian theology, embracing, as it does, three interrelated sub-questions: who was he in his person, what did he do, and how does that impact us today?
read moreAnswering this question is both easy and difficult. The easy part is differentiating sin against God from plain old immorality, as well as from crime against society.
read moreFifty years ago the Christian understanding of human nature fell into two camps. The fundamentalist approach placed humanity at the apex of an unchanging universe.
read moreHealthy doubt can save people from many toxic beliefs. For example, Christians need to doubt the horrific idea that God eternally torments people in the flames of hell for holding erroneous beliefs.
read moreCreation and the health and activity of God go together.
read moreEven fifty years ago, whatever creation means, it does not mean that in seven days God brought the universe into being out of nothing.
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