Prayer
God, your Church is a bit odd to be honest. I have spent years in the evangelical church as a conservative Christian and now I identify as more of a progressive Christian. Having been in both camps, I made what I thought was an interesting observation about the two. What do You think?
Musings
One way to evaluate to the conservative church and the progressive church is it focus on sins of omission vs sins of commission. It appears to me, that the conservative church is more focused on sins of commission and the progressive church is more focused on sins of omission.
When I identified as a conservative Christian, an evangelical, I focused on all the things I should not do. I could not
- Cuss
- Drink alcohol
- Sin sexually
- Have an abortion
The list is actually quite a bit longer but lets conserve ROM.
Looking at the progressive church, I see more concern with the things I should not ignore such as:
- Helping the poor
- Fighting for justice for various minorities
- Conserving the environment
Driving a Tesla
This list is also much longer.
To be sure, the above items to avoid and the items to remember are all pretty good wisdom. All are very much in line with Jesus' teachings. But, for some reason, the two sides of Christianity have resonated with two different, yet both valid, parts of wisdom. So, do we actually have more in common than we realize? Perhaps we could even learn from one another rather than throw stones at one another?
