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Ask a Progressive Christian – Q: What do Progressive Christians believe about debt?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Co-Executive Director Rev. Dr. Caleb J. Lines: Can you be a Christian agnostic? A Christian atheist?

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Ask a Progressive Christian – Q: Why Should Someone Become A Christian?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with board member Rev. Larry J. Morris III: Why Should Someone Become A Christian?

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Jesus and Wealth – Part Five

Unlike many would-be messiahs who took up arms to evict the Romans, only to be crucified for their efforts, Jesus proposed and lived a path of peace and love.

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Ask a Progressive Christian – Q: Do Progressive Christians Celebrate the 4th of July?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Board Member Pastor Marshela Salgado: Q: Do Progressive Christians Celebrate the 4th of July?

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Church is the Way We Live

Amanda wrote this piece when churches were closing their doors early on in COVID as a reminder that church is more than a building.

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A God of Our Invention: How Religion Shaped the Western World

Uneasy about religion but not sure why? A God of Our Invention will make it clear.

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Ask A Progressive Christian – Q: What are some differences between progressive Christians and other Christians?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Board Member Rev. Sharon Jacob – What are some differences between progressive Christians and other Christians?

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The Worship Problem

Theists in general and Christians in particular often worship a God they call “omnipotent.” This practice creates profound problems.

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – June 26, 2023

Join Caleb and Mark as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the most recent entry into the DC Universe, “The Flash”!

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Jesus and Wealth – Part Four

I believe neither that Hades exists nor that anyone would be sent there even if it did. But as a critique of the manner in which wealth neglects the poor, this is pretty powerful.

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#Moonshine Jesus Show – June 5, 2023

Join Mark and Caleb as they enjoy a themed drink (or two) and bring their high-octane progressive Christian perspectives in consideration of the most recent entry into the animated Spider-Verse movies, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”

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Jesus and Wealth – Part Three

Following his life in Nazareth that possibly included day trips to Sepphoris looking for work, the next training ground for Jesus was a brief time with this same John the Baptist in the wilderness, hearing again that injustice is not the way of the Lord.

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When Love Isn’t Quite Enough

Love is, of course, an answer. And while most people of faith can agree on the command to love our neighbors, we need to face the reality of this moment. What is happening among us — the transnational struggles with democracy and attacks on human rights — is far more than a failure to love our neighbors.

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Abraham in the Abrahamic Faiths

The early Christians looked to Abraham as their progenitor – even if they weren’t Jewish Christians.  They remembered the words attributed to John the Baptist:  “God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. “  (Matt 3: 9)

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Providing an Alternative to Toxic Religion

It’s no secret that the United Methodist Church is fracturing, primarily over LGBTQ issues. Thousands of UMC churches have already disaffiliated from the denomination.

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Ask a Progressive Christian – Q: What Makes Someone a Christian?

Today’s “Ask a Progressive Christian” with ProgressiveChristianity.org Co-Executive Director Rev. Dr. Caleb J. Lines: What Makes Someone a Christian?

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Jesus and Wealth – Part Two

So who is right? Did Jesus live and move in a society that was doing alright economically, or one mired in poverty? Or does the question not really matter?

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Out with the Old View of Original Sin And In With a New View of Adam and Eve

It would be a service to humanity for the church to discard the doctrine of original sin and, in the process, accept a different interpretation of the Adam and Eve story that emphasizes the positive content the story predominantly contains and implicitly rejects the dark and negative Augustinian interpretation that has done and is doing such damage in the world.

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