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Progressive Christian

2021-03-23T12:26:46-04:00

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The Enormous Cost of Love

Last updated on: March 23, 2021 at 12:26 pm By Eric Scot English

I get that it is past Valentine’s Day, but who cares? Love is a topic that transcends simple greeting card novelty. In fact, love is of such great value that it even transcends humanity. Many argue that love is the chief attribute of God and that nothing He does is apart from the great love He has for His creation. What is it about love that makes it so different than any other form of relational expression? There is a... Read more

2022-08-03T12:13:12-04:00

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Do Evangelicals Really Believe in God?

Last updated on: August 3, 2022 at 12:13 pm By Eric Scot English

I was always taught that the most significant difference between Christianity and every other religion is that Christians serve a “risen” Savior; that unlike other gods ours is the true living God in the person of Jesus Christ. However, throughout the past 20 years, various ministerial contexts have demonstrated something quite different. It seems for many Christians, particularly evangelicals, God is a construct of their imagination. In other words, instead of being a Holy God who has indwelt us through... Read more

2021-03-23T12:27:11-04:00

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God is NOT Good: A Theodicy

Last updated on: March 23, 2021 at 12:27 pm By Eric Scot English

In the opening chapters of Genesis, we read that God created everything in the cosmos in six days. After each creation, we find that God says what He has created was “good”. We oftentimes assume that this proclamation reflects in some way God’s nature. If it is believed that God is good, then it must also be believed that His creation was as good as He is. However, we know this is not logically possible because God cannot create something... Read more

2021-01-26T17:25:18-05:00

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Fun With Philosophy: The Soul

Last updated on: January 26, 2021 at 5:25 pm By Eric Scot English

I feel like I have a soul. I don’t mean I believe I have a soul. I mean I can feel it. I feel the duality of an inner and outer world. Within my inner world, my voice is constantly speaking. During the day it appears as thoughts and speech and at night it appears as dreams. However, I am constantly perplexed by the question, “to whom am I speaking?” I can’t be speaking to myself, because my self... Read more

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2022-08-03T12:13:56-04:00

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A Guide to Progressive Christianity: A Response to “Another Gospel” by Alisa Childers

Last updated on: August 3, 2022 at 12:13 pm By Eric Scot English

I recently read a book by Alisa Childers called “Another Gospel: a lifelong Christian seeks truth in response to progressive Christianity” and it reminded me of just how much evangelical Christianity has misunderstood what Progressive Christianity is all about. This author is no exception. The book goes through her intellectual journey leaving evangelicalism/fundamentalism and trying out Progressive Christianity. Eventually, she finds Progressive Christianity unhelpful for what she is seeking. I would have no issue with the book had she stopped... Read more

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2022-08-03T12:14:10-04:00

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Doubt as a Spiritual Discipline

Last updated on: August 3, 2022 at 12:14 pm By Eric Scot English

Doubt within the Christian faith can be a time of great anguish. It can also be very lonely. Oftentimes, due to fear, we are left to deal with the struggle on our own because we don’t want people to think that we are weak. However, doubt is not an attribute of the weak, but rather it demonstrates the mental fortitude of the strong. Doubt demonstrates a person’s ability to critically think. That within their critical thinking, they may discover something... Read more

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2021-03-23T12:29:10-04:00

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We Needed Insurrection

Last updated on: March 23, 2021 at 12:29 pm By Eric Scot English

Last Wednesday, I watched the certification of the Electoral College votes. I didn’t know such a thing even existed until this year. However, I decided to watch to see if there would be any crazy protests and to watch our government continue to waste time on an unimportant certification. I saw what I expected to see. There were excited Democrats and a group of resigned Republicans ready to certify Joe Biden as the next President. Then there were other Republicans... Read more

2021-03-23T12:29:02-04:00

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UNenlightenment is Being Certain of your Subjectivity

Last updated on: March 23, 2021 at 12:29 pm By Eric Scot English

UNenlightenment is the undoing of our Enlightenment presuppositions, which in my opinion, prevent us from understanding the Gospel and thus living properly in the world. Nearly everything within our Christian experience has been influenced by the Enlightenment – from the way we do church, to the theology we teach our pastors and the behaviors of Christians in the culture at large. UNenlightenment is the process of undoing our bad habits, re-understanding scripture and faith, and using that information to live... Read more

2022-08-03T12:14:39-04:00

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The Bible Is NOT The Word Of God Revisited

Last updated on: August 3, 2022 at 12:14 pm By Eric Scot English

“The Bible is not the Word of God and if we believe this to be true then we have made the Bible into an idol.” That’s all it took for the internet to become hysterical! A number of years ago I wrote a controversial article titled, “THE BIBLE IS NOT THE WORD OF GOD: A POLEMIC AGAINST CHRISTENDOM”. The article was a polemic on the idol-like status that many within Christianity attribute to the Bible. I wrote two follow-up articles... Read more

2021-03-23T12:29:28-04:00

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The Courage to Be

Last updated on: March 23, 2021 at 12:29 pm By Eric Scot English

Before I had children I often thought how selfish it would be to bring children up in this world. This world is a horrible place full of hate and disillusionment. And, had I been privy to the knowledge about the world I have now, my feelings about this world would be multiplied negatively. But, many of us want children because we desire this sense that we will carry on through a legacy established by their existence. It wasn’t until after... Read more

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