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Authentic Christianity: Why it Matters for Followers of Jesus

Christians are not widely known for authenticity. You may even feel stifled in the congregation you’ve been part of for years—and you wouldn’t be the only one.

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Jim Burklo Video at Wild Goose Festival 2023

Watch Jim Burklo talk about his history with Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism and how he changed over the years to Progressive Christianity.

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Doubt is our friend – Progressive Christianity

It can be scary to have doubts because we imagine that we are moving away from God. In reality, we are only moving away from our comfortable and established ideas about God.

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Doing Christianity

How religion is about what you do, not what you believe

In Doing Christianity Paul Higginson encourages us, in nine simple steps, to look afresh at the words of Jesus in the Gospel. Jargon-free and full of practical steps you can apply each day, Doing Christianity can help to refresh your faith, deepen your relationships and give you a new sense of hope for the future of the Christian Gospel.

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Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm

The American Methodist Church and the Struggle with White Supremacy

Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm is a trustworthy guide into the church’s troubled history. It’s also a present-day call to action that finds inspiration in those Methodists who stood against the tide and those guiding the church today toward the horizon of racial justice.

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A Spiritual Thought Experiment: Saving Jesus from God’s Plan

Part Two

The four searchers now realized that there were two Jesus stories, one pervasive across the Christian churches, the other hidden in the background.

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My Long Farewell to Traditional Religion (and What Remains)

If I had to summarize my religious journey with one Bible verse, I would choose Matthew 28:17, “When they (the early disciples) saw him (the risen Christ), they worshiped him; but some doubted” (NIV).

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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Church

New discoveries leading to new products are coming at a rapid rate of speed. This new approach to processing and integrating data is becoming interwoven into all aspects of life.

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – July 31, 2023

Join Mark and Caleb for this live recording as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the Marvel’s “Secret Invasion.”

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A Spiritual Thought Experiment: Saving Jesus from God’s Plan

Part One

How did the wealthy accrue the power to change the thinking of the church about who Jesus was and what he did? That, our four researchers discovered, is -up to now- a mystery hidden in history.

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Ask a Progressive Christian – Q: What Do Progressive Christians Think About Abortion?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Board Member Rev. Dr. Mark Sandlin Q: What Do Progressive Christians Think About Abortion?

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Father Bernie Lindley: A Valiant Vicar vs Scofflaw City

    Although alliteratively apt, “valiant”, a term most known through an eponymic comic book hero, Prince Valiant, is unlikely often to be paired with “vicar” except perhaps in some future British mystery series. “Father Bernie” Lindley …

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Ask a Progressive Christian – Q: What’s a Progressive Christian understanding of the Book of Revelation?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Board Member Rev. Roger Wolsey explores the question: What’s a Progressive Christian understanding of the Book of Revelation?

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Ask a Progressive Christian – Q: If the Bible isn’t inerrant, is it inspired?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with board member Rev. Larry J. Morris III: If the Bible isn’t inerrant, is it inspired?

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – July 14, 2023 Live from Wild Goose Festival

On this special episode of The Moonshine Jesus Show, live from the Wild Goose Festival, where Caleb and Mark are joined by Randy Creath, the creator of our theme song Moon Shine Jesus.

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Ask A Progressive Christian – Q: Is Jesus the Son of God?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Board Member Rev. Sharon Jacob – Is Jesus the Son of God?

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Ask a Progressive Christian – Q: Can Women Be Pastors?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Board Member Pastor Marshela Salgado: Q: Can Women Be Pastors?

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How Christian Homophobia Fails – The “Three Categories of Laws”

Video Response by Pastor Adam

Whenever a Christian says that there are three categories of laws in the Bible, you should have big red flags because they are likely (mis)using laws as a weapon against vulnerable people.

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