Progressive Christianity sounds really good at first. It talks about love, acceptance, and social justice. But if you look a little closer, you’ll see it doesn’t just question the Christian faith—it tries to tear it down. It’s based on the hermeneutic of suspicion. Foundational truths like the authority of Scripture, the seriousness of sin, the need for Christ’s death on the cross, and the call to repentance get watered down or explained away (2 Timothy 4:3-4). The Bible is no longer treated as the inspired Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17), but just a collection of human opinions. And when that happens, people lose their footing fast (Matthew 7:24-27).
Progressive Christianity tries to remake God to fit the times. In trying so hard to be relevant, it
forgets how holy and unchanging God really is (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8). It trades God’s holiness for human approval, truth for personal feelings. Jesus is no longer preached as the Savior of the world (John 1:29), but just as a good moral teacher—one among many.
The biggest problem isn’t just wrong teaching—it’s that it drains the gospel of its power (Romans 1:16). When faith gets reduced to social causes or feel-good slogans, it can’t save anyone. Progressive Christianity promises freedom, but it leaves people stuck in their sin without hope (2 Peter 2:19).
Real love doesn’t pat people on the back and say everything’s fine. Real love tells the truth—even when it’s hard (Ephesians 4:15). And real engagement with the culture doesn’t mean we go along with the crowd; it means we stand firm on God’s Word (Romans 12:2).
The gospel wasn’t given to us to edit or modernize (Jude 3). It’s the good news that saves—and it’s our job to believe it, proclaim it, and defend it with all the courage and compassion we can muster (1 Corinthians 16:13-14).
Maranatha,
Jordy
