I went through a bit of a “progressive Christian” phase several years ago, and used to follow Jonathan Merritt, but had to bow out when he rejoiced that he believes Christianity as we know it was going to (rightly) shift into a kind of mysticism, and that THAT would be a more progressive and/or spiritual way of believing- or some kind of baloney like that. And that was just one instance where some of the very “enlightened” and “open minded” and “more compassionate” Christians I followed began saying some very weird and very disturbing things and I started rethinking why I got on this train and where was it actually headed?? Anyway, if he did say the original quote, that would sound about right.
I really appreciate your insight and scriptural wisdom Anne! Helping me one post at a time realize why and how tweets like this are tricky - but not too tricky if you just read your Bible. Happy Sunday!
“Because he is just, he will not simply let the sinner off the hook. Because he is merciful and loving, he bears the penalty of the sin himself. And what that does—and follow me closely here—is that it restores the dignity of the creature. For a person without responsibility is a person who sits in the pit he has dug for himself forever”
This says so eloquently the real truth about dignity.
Now I will go to church where I will be reminded of my responsibility and who bore it.
Here’s a real countercultural command from Ephesians 4 regarding personal responsibility and loving your neighbor:
Ephesians 4:28
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
The whores enter the kingdom of heaven before the teachers of religion. Christians are the instructed to consider themselves sojourners. The powerful oppress the poor.
This ain't rocket surgery. If conservatives really wanted to own the "progressive Christians" we'd spend less time imagining carve-outs for these truths, and just own the truths harder than they do. The progs wouldn't stand a chance and we'd never have to hear them whinge anymore.
I went through a bit of a “progressive Christian” phase several years ago, and used to follow Jonathan Merritt, but had to bow out when he rejoiced that he believes Christianity as we know it was going to (rightly) shift into a kind of mysticism, and that THAT would be a more progressive and/or spiritual way of believing- or some kind of baloney like that. And that was just one instance where some of the very “enlightened” and “open minded” and “more compassionate” Christians I followed began saying some very weird and very disturbing things and I started rethinking why I got on this train and where was it actually headed?? Anyway, if he did say the original quote, that would sound about right.
I really appreciate your insight and scriptural wisdom Anne! Helping me one post at a time realize why and how tweets like this are tricky - but not too tricky if you just read your Bible. Happy Sunday!
“Because he is just, he will not simply let the sinner off the hook. Because he is merciful and loving, he bears the penalty of the sin himself. And what that does—and follow me closely here—is that it restores the dignity of the creature. For a person without responsibility is a person who sits in the pit he has dug for himself forever”
This says so eloquently the real truth about dignity.
Now I will go to church where I will be reminded of my responsibility and who bore it.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Here’s a real countercultural command from Ephesians 4 regarding personal responsibility and loving your neighbor:
Ephesians 4:28
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
“You shall not be partial to the poor …”
I love this elegant eight-word command! Look how effortlessly it demolishes the political religion of the Left!
I’ll be attending church in downtown Milwaukee this morning. St. Edmund’s Anglican Church of the Diocese of Quincy.
It also occurs to me that either Zach Lambert has never read the Bible, or else he is a dimwit.
Because God is repeatedly telling His people that if they obey Him, He will pour out all manner of wealth on them; He will make them rich.
Which, in Lambert’s world, means that if they love and obey God,
He will transfer them into His “Unpreferred” category! They will no longer be His most beloved.
The whores enter the kingdom of heaven before the teachers of religion. Christians are the instructed to consider themselves sojourners. The powerful oppress the poor.
This ain't rocket surgery. If conservatives really wanted to own the "progressive Christians" we'd spend less time imagining carve-outs for these truths, and just own the truths harder than they do. The progs wouldn't stand a chance and we'd never have to hear them whinge anymore.