The Left Needs To Call Off Its Radical Fringe Bent On Destroying Christians
While I’ll leave to Gresham Machen the debate of whether liberal Christianity at all resembles orthodox Christianity, Robertson’s rhetoric is telling. Only but a few years ago, all that progressive Christians wanted was dialogue around LGBT issues. All they wanted was a seat at the table to be heard. All they desired, we were told, was that evangelicals would adopt a more generous orthodoxy that would make biblical interpretations that affirm homosexuality a viable alternative to traditional readings of the Bible.
But now, with the wind at their backs, gone are the days when “dialogue” was championed as the highest Christian virtue, and here to stay is the ominous ultimatum, admitted by Gushee himself: “Culture warriors who criticize me believe they are defending the True Faith from compromising liberals like me. I believe I am defending the Religion of Jesus from intolerant ideologues like them....