Liberal or Progressive?
Is it just semantics or is "progressive" a better term for the new Left? I think it is a better term. They use it in order to distance themselves from the stigma attached to their previous liberal brand. However, I don't think it helps them much.
At the recent "progressive" conference in New York City, "Understanding Dominionism, Political Power and the Aims of the Theocratic Right," attendees asked several questions about why the Religious Right was so passionate and driven. They also inquired of the "experts" why progressive Americans were so apathetic and unorganized. One perceptive gentleman asked, "is it because the Christians have access to a faith that we don't have?" He's getting warm.
Progressives are running out of steam and the reason may be found in their self-descriptive title. To be "progressive" means forward moving, innovative, and promoting change. They choose this term because they think promoting innovative change and forward moving are admirable qualities.
Actually, these attributes are liabilities. The religious community is more unified, motivated, and focused because they are NOT progressive. They are moved to action by an established, unchanging faith that was once delivered to the saints (Jude 3). A progressive man lacks foundations because he does not stay planted long enough for the concrete to set. His progressive change provides no lasting focus or enthusiasm. He's moved by every wind.
The progressive worldview is bankrupt in my opinion. It can tell us what it opposes but not what it seeks to build. For us, it is the systems of men that we seek to tear down, and it is the kingdom of God that we seek to build. This war is waged in the arena of ideas, and the knowledge of God is our starting point.
Progressives will continually lose the "War of Ideas" because they have no faith in a transcendent God. They are their own gods, and their ideas expire along with their last breath. The ideas of the Christian are as enduring as the God Who grants them.
A progressive man is a changing man who has no goal. He's innovative for innovative sake. The Christian is progressive only in the sense that he is being transformed into the image of God's dear son. Our progression is actually sanctification. That is our goal. The outworking of that personal transformation is in making a world that glorifies the Son.
At the recent "progressive" conference in New York City, "Understanding Dominionism, Political Power and the Aims of the Theocratic Right," attendees asked several questions about why the Religious Right was so passionate and driven. They also inquired of the "experts" why progressive Americans were so apathetic and unorganized. One perceptive gentleman asked, "is it because the Christians have access to a faith that we don't have?" He's getting warm.
Progressives are running out of steam and the reason may be found in their self-descriptive title. To be "progressive" means forward moving, innovative, and promoting change. They choose this term because they think promoting innovative change and forward moving are admirable qualities.
Actually, these attributes are liabilities. The religious community is more unified, motivated, and focused because they are NOT progressive. They are moved to action by an established, unchanging faith that was once delivered to the saints (Jude 3). A progressive man lacks foundations because he does not stay planted long enough for the concrete to set. His progressive change provides no lasting focus or enthusiasm. He's moved by every wind.
The progressive worldview is bankrupt in my opinion. It can tell us what it opposes but not what it seeks to build. For us, it is the systems of men that we seek to tear down, and it is the kingdom of God that we seek to build. This war is waged in the arena of ideas, and the knowledge of God is our starting point.
Progressives will continually lose the "War of Ideas" because they have no faith in a transcendent God. They are their own gods, and their ideas expire along with their last breath. The ideas of the Christian are as enduring as the God Who grants them.
A progressive man is a changing man who has no goal. He's innovative for innovative sake. The Christian is progressive only in the sense that he is being transformed into the image of God's dear son. Our progression is actually sanctification. That is our goal. The outworking of that personal transformation is in making a world that glorifies the Son.
