Lighthouse Trails (LT) has in interesting article about so-called churches that celebrate Easter while denying the purpose for which Christ died.
Given that today is Easter 2008, I thought I should add as much as I can to the LT article. The list of names cited by LT is not comprehensive, by any means.
Other names come to my mind when I think of men who deny the atonement. Jeffrey John comes to mind, for instance. He compares penal substitutionary atonement to "divine child abuse". Marcus Borg comes to mind. Borg, a Jesus Seminar fellow, doesn’t think that most of the Bible is literally true. John Shelby Spong comes to mind. Spong, another Jesus Seminar fellow, believes that modernism and postmodernism calls for Christians to embrace universalism and existentialism.
So, I have but a few names to add. I could add many more. Just follow the links, dear reader. Who is at the root of the latest "progressive Christian" movements? Who are their influences? How does secular philosophy enter into it? What are they really saying about the Holy Bible?
He that hath an ear, let him hear!
