There is also a push toward LGBTQ affirmation within the church, and a general emphasis on “social justice” over the sin/redemption narrative we find in the Bible. There is a willingness to deny that humans have a sin nature, that Jesus’ death on the cross was an atoning sacrifice, and that hell is a real place. T4L: For those unfamiliar with progressive Christianity, what briefly are some of the distinguishing marks of progressive theology that they should watch out for?Īlisa: Progressive Christianity is a movement happening within evangelicalism, where people are re-evaluating core essential doctrines of the faith. This will inevitably leave us with a “God” who’s made in our own image, and not the other way around. If we don’t have an objective source for truth to inform our Christianity, we will be left with our own thoughts, feelings, and preferences to guide us. How important is it to have the right convictions about the Bible itself in order to ask good questions of the biblical text?Īlisa: This is such a key question! What we think about the Bible will inform just about everything we come to believe about God and what it means to be a Christ-follower.
One of the many things I appreciate about your book, Another Gospel? A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity? is how you approach questions and how resolved you are to dig into the Scriptures to find answers to those questions.
T4L: Oh, excellent! We know you also wrote another book recently. I have a blog, podcast, and YouTube channel where I interact with the claims of progressive Christianity and try to help Christians answer those claims from a biblical worldview. Can you tell us a bit about your life, marriage, and your ministry?Īlisa: My husband and I live in the Nashville, TN area with our two kids, Dyllan (girl, 12) and Ayden (boy, 9). Thank you very much for agreeing to do this interview with Theology for Life Magazine, Alisa. T4L: Today we are interviewing Alisa Childers.
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