September 2025
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Aspects of Progressivism
In progressive belief, the salvation that comes through the radical reordering of the external world is brought about solely by human effort. This is in contrast to the Christian understanding that salvation is accomplished by the initiative in the power of God himself. Humans participate and can cooperate with God’s plan, but God is the Continue reading
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The Perils of Complacency
The readings this week are a call against complacency. The readings of the last weeks in the church year are all pointing to the reality that there will be a day of judgment and we will not get advance notice of that day. We have been warned in multiple ways. Last week we had the Continue reading
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Progressivism’s Structure
An unfortunate aspect of modern progressive religion it is not usually recognized as a dogmatic faith by its followers. Many of these modern progressives would describe themselves as rational, scientific, and non-religious. But challenge them on a core opinion, and you will run into a grip as tight as any faithful Christian would hold to Continue reading
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neo-Gnostic Progressivism
As Catholic Christians we know that the true religion is Christianity. But today, as is true in every age, there is a religion of the day. The author suggests that the dominant religion of the day that is not Christian might be called this: modern neo-Gnostic progressive utopian revolutionary religion. For the sake of simplicity, Continue reading
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Introducing the Religion of the Day
As a reminder of what we discussed in the Spring, the world around the Church no longer is supportive of the Church’s mission of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ and then living a life in accordance with his teachings. Since the age of Christendom – the age during which the world DID support Continue reading
Bound in Love 