Beliefs

The Meltdown of Liberal Christianity?

Beliefnet‘s Charlotte Allen takes on the mainline Protestant churches in the pages of the LA Times, arguing that an anything-goes theology is the deathknell of liberal-minded churches. She makes a few good points, but seems to be saying that the reason these churches are shrinking is simply because they don’t agree with her. Either way, […]

August 7, 2006
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Beliefnet‘s Charlotte Allen takes on the mainline Protestant churches in the pages of the LA Times, arguing that an anything-goes theology is the deathknell of liberal-minded churches. She makes a few good points, but seems to be saying that the reason these churches are shrinking is simply because they don’t agree with her. Either way, it’s worth a read:

“When your religion says ‘whatever’ on doctrinal matters, regards Jesus as just another wise teacher, refuses on principle to evangelize and lets you do pretty much what you want, it’s a short step to deciding that one of the things you don’t want to do is get up on Sunday morning and go to church.”

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