To make this case, she uses the topic of same-sex sexual behavior. In the chapter “Fixing What Isn’t Broken,” Childers attempts to make the claim that progressive Christianity softens the moral demands of historic Christianity. The beginning chapters focus on her story and growth in the faith and how it was challenged by a pastor who had left orthodoxy. Her own personal experiences surround growing up with a pastor who was a self-proclaimed agnostic who had jettisoned much of the historical Jesus. I soon found that I pretty much agreed with Childers on almost everything-except maybe the definition of Progressive Christianity.

But there was just something about Another Gospel that made me want to pick it up. I would define myself as a progressive Christian. Given that the subtitle was A lifelong Christian seeks truth in response to Progressive Christianity, I went into the book a bit defensive. And slowly but surely had my perspectives stretched by people I would have called “liberal.” Basically, our only differences are that while Childers retreated toward the center, I’ve found myself firmly identifying with a lot of “Progressive Christianity” and that I was never a member of an award-winning CCM band. Grew up deeply entrenched in conservative evangelicalism. I went into Alisa Childers’ Another Gospel not knowing how I’d feel about it. If you or someone you love has encountered the ideas of progressive Christianity and aren't sure how to respond, Alisa's journey will show you how to determine-and rest in-what's unmistakably true. In a culture of endless questions, you need solid answers. until God rescued her, helping her to rebuild her faith, one solid brick at a time. After everything she had ever believed about God, Jesus, and the Bible had been picked apart, she found herself at the brink of despair. All that was deeply challenged when she met a progressive pastor, who called himself a hopeful agnostic.Īnother Gospel? describes the intellectual journey Alisa took over several years as she wrestled with a series of questions that struck at the core of the Christian faith.

She had witnessed God at work and then had dedicated her own life to leading worship, as part of the popular Christian band ZOEgirl. She was raised in a Christian home, where she had seen her mom and dad feed the hungry, clothe the homeless, and love the outcast.

Others Believe that It Is an Attack on Historic Christianity.Īlisa Childers never thought she would question her Christian faith. Some Think that It Is a Much-Needed Progressive Reformation. A Movement Seeks to Redefine Christianity.

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