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Wren I have quoted Wayne Jackson of the Christian Courier: “Liberalism” (in the classical sense of the word) is a rather flexible term that reflects an ideological disposition that developed in the 1800s, and reached an intense level in America during the days preceding World War II. Increasingly, it has found its way among the people of God. Theological “liberalism” is characterized by several arrogant attitudes.
Liberalism seeks to establish a gulf between itself and an acknowledgement of the historical accuracy and authority of the Scriptures. Allegedly, the discoveries of the modern scientific community have progressively and significantly made the Bible irrelevant to the modern man.
Liberalism exalts human “reason” over the testimony of Scripture. All events in the Bible (especially the miraculous) must be measured by modern “experience,” rather than judged in the light of credible, historical testimony. The supernatural events of the Scriptures, therefore, are dismissed, or else they are given some sort of mystical twist that allows one to claim that he respects the Bible, while, at the same time, he recycles the events of history in order to placate the presuppositions of skepticism. In reality, classical liberalism is the stepchild of infidelity."
How many times have we heard the saying, "Oh, we all want to get to heaven, many are taking different routs"? Sounds great...but, it is not a biblical sound hermeneutic....anyway, I thought Wayne had a very good definition of "Liberalism."
Is it cold in Canada? I have seen a number of cars heading South down I-75 toward Florida, with Canadian plates.
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Religious Liberals
