Christianity & Liberalism: Introduction

Introduction Popular WorkBasic Christianity Christianity and LiberalismApology for the Book PurposeThe most important word in the title“Condition of Low Visibility”ObjectionsClear contrasts sounds mean, impiousImpact on church statistics Light is important to healthWorthy PursuitLiberalism is not a Subset of ChristianityThesis: the great redemptive religion which has always been known as Christianity is battling against a totally diverse type of religious belief, which is only the more destructive of the Christian faith because it makes use of traditional Christian terminology. This modern non-redemptive religion is called "modernism" or “liberalism."Christianity and Modernism(Actual) Liberalism is a good thingOrigin of Liberalism (Modernism) NaturalismChanging SocietyCan Christianity endure Modern Snobbery?Goal of Liberalism (Modernism)Save Christianity What is the relationship between science, modern culture and Christianity?Science as the sole arbiter of truthScience vs. ScientismLingering impact of Scientism in 2020sSeparate reason, science from faith?Compromise with Modernism is FutileChristianity  cannot be separated from Science!Compromise cannot be confined; capitulation is inevitable Rebuke of ModernismChristianity is historically defensibleLiberal religion is is not Christianity Defending Christianity is hardThe Reproach of the Cross; glory or cross?What is worth doing? “the things that are sometimes thought to be hardest to defend are also the things that are most worth defending. In maintaining that liberalism in the modern Church represents a return to an unchristian and sub-Christian form of the religious life, we are particularly anxious not to be misunderstood”True Freedom vs. ModernismModernism is the Enemy of (true Liberalism)The cost of “progress” and “advancement”Individual Flourishing?Are the Old Paths inferior or just harder?Tyranny of Majority Warning Re: Government SchoolsSoul-Crushing Modernism  Conclusion: let the Church be the Church and fulfill her spiritual mission