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This is the real danger of Progressive Christianity

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When Baylor University returned a $1.65 million LGBT recently — one tied to DEI efforts and LGBT initiatives — it sent a ripple through the Christian world.

On the surface, it looked like a victory: a Christian institution backing down in the face of public pressure from believers. But as Allie Beth Stuckey and others rightly pointed out, this wasn’t a win born from spiritual conviction. It was a calculated retreat. One that exposed a much deeper problem than any single grant. It exposed the growing danger of Progressive Christianity.

This movement isn’t just a theological shift. It’s a spiritual counterfeit — one that keeps the language of Christianity but trades the authority of Scripture for the approval of culture. Progressive Christianity deceives from the inside. It misleads under the banner of Jesus — offering a form of godliness but denying its power (2 Timothy 3:5). And it’s costing people their salvation.

What is Progressive Christianity, really?

Progressive Christianity isn’t just a more “open-minded” version of the faith — it’s a total redefinition of it. At its core, progressive theology tends to reject the authority and inerrancy of the Bible, reinterpret sin through the lens of human experience, emphasize love and inclusion over holiness and repentance, and downplay the exclusivity of Christ for salvation.

In this view, truth is flexible. God’s commands are negotiable. And Jesus becomes more of a moral teacher than a Savior who calls us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him (Luke 9:23). That’s not Christianity. That’s deception.

Why Progressive Christianity is more dangerous than atheism

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When Baylor University returned a $1.65 million LGBT recently — one tied to DEI efforts and LGBT initiatives — it sent a ripple through the Christian world.

On the surface, it looked like a victory: a Christian institution backing down in the face of public pressure from believers. But as Allie Beth Stuckey and others rightly pointed out, this wasn’t a win born from spiritual conviction. It was a calculated retreat. One that exposed a much deeper problem than any single grant. It exposed the growing danger of Progressive Christianity.

This movement isn’t just a theological shift. It’s a spiritual counterfeit — one that keeps the language of Christianity but trades the authority of Scripture for the approval of culture. Progressive Christianity deceives from the inside. It misleads under the banner of Jesus — offering a form of godliness but denying its power (2 Timothy 3:5). And it’s costing people their salvation.

What is Progressive Christianity, really?

Progressive Christianity isn’t just a more “open-minded” version of the faith — it’s a total redefinition of it. At its core, progressive theology tends to reject the authority and inerrancy of the Bible, reinterpret sin through the lens of human experience, emphasize love and inclusion over holiness and repentance, and downplay the exclusivity of Christ for salvation.

In this view, truth is flexible. God’s commands are negotiable. And Jesus becomes more of a moral teacher than a Savior who calls us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him (Luke 9:23). That’s not Christianity. That’s deception.

Why Progressive Christianity is more dangerous than atheism

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The slow but regular decline of true Christianity is reflected in the lack of a full commitment to Christ. What that means is that the human will is no longer dependent on divine aid in making spiritual decisions. With that gone, Man is free to make decisions independent of God's Spirit, deciding when and if he will cooperate with God. Ultimately, it is peer pressure and societal pressures that cause the person to capitulate to "anything goes." This is not Christianity, is not a consistent moral system, and is not what saves a person for Eternity.

Thank you! Our Christian testimony is that this is *not* Eternal Salvation. All of Christ and the boat holds, or only some of Christ, and the boat sinks.
 
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I was into progressive Christianity for a number of years. It took me to a very dark place from which I recoiled in repentance and got right with God.
Happy to hear you are doing ok, now.
 
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Hmmm....would all the mainline Protestant sister Churches in America be considered progressive Christianity? They are as follows:

1. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA)
2. The United Methodist Church (UMC)
3. The Presbyterian Church of America (PCUSA)
4. The Episcopal Church (TEC)
5. The United Church of Christ (UCC)
6. Disciples of Christ (DofC)
7. American Baptist Churches
 
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