The Scandal That (Apparently) Was Not a Scandal

March 11, 2025   |  

Trinity Whitney used to be one of the pastoral staff at Faith Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee, Florida. She was in charge of adult education, community outreach, and membership. She also performed baptisms and led missionary trips abroad. I say “used to be” because she has recently been let go from…
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False Teachings in Church Are Not Limited to the New Testament Era

February 4, 2025   |  

Dr. Jon Paul Sydnor is a professor of theology and religious studies at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. Additionally, he is theologian-in-residence at Grace Community (also in Boston), and a podcaster at The Progressive Sacred. He studied theology at the University of Virginia, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Boston College where…
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False Religion Masquerading as Christianity

October 12, 2024   |  

Probably beginning in the early 1400s, shepherds began placing a bell around the neck of the lead wether. A wether, in Middle English, was a castrated male sheep. The sheep with the bell was the lead weder, and was also called the belle-weder. By using the bell, a shepherd could…
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Is Progressive Christianity Really Christianity?

July 30, 2022   |  

James McGrath is the Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University. He is a self proclaimed Progressive Christian, and truly believes that his view of Christianity represents the truth. So just what is Progressive Christianity? Well, in order to get of sense of it,…
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Is Liberal Christianity Ascendant?

March 18, 2021   |  

It is said that President Biden is the most religiously observant president in half a century. He regularly attends Mass, and often talks about how his Catholic faith grounds his life and his policies. But interestingly, the beliefs he practices do not correspond to the traditional beliefs of his church.…
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Its Not All Black and White, But It Is

March 11, 2021   |  

I recently read an article written by a woman named Emily Snook. She claims to be solidly and actively pro-life, and a committed Evangelical Christian. However, after very careful consideration, she claims to have voted for Kamala Harris (well, she voted for Joe Biden, but her reason for doing it…
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Facebook Discussion with Liberal Christians and Atheists

December 8, 2020   |  

Occasionally I take an opportunity to engage people on social media who are putting out posts that somehow misrepresent the Christian message. The meme above is one such misrepresentation that landed on my Facebook page, and which I felt needed to be responded to. The message in this meme is…
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