Many believers sit under progressive pastors and follow progressive bloggers and authors without realizing it. She concludes the book with a chapter titled reconstruction, where she identifies the essential building blocks of historic Christianity as established in the Holy Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3-5).Ĭhilders wrote this book because progressive Christianity has gained a large presence in the church. The claims she examines include the inspiration, inerrancy, infallibility of the Bible, the authority and credibility of Scriptures, the doctrines of penal substitutionary atonement, total depravity, the humanity of Christ and hell.

The book features teachings Childers received from her progressive pastor, her crisis of faith when she realized she couldn’t dispute his claims, and her research to learn the truth. She shares this journey in Another Gospel, which is an account of the reconstruction of her faith as well as the deconstruction of progressive Christianity. She went on an intellectual quest to find answers to her questions and separate truth from lies. Her progressive pastor led her to deconstruct her faith, which is a process of “systematically dissecting and often rejecting the beliefs you grew up with.”Ĭhilders was filled with doubts but refused to let them fester. Instead of building her faith, her pastor increased her doubts instead of solidifying her stand on the solid rock, he shook the ground beneath her. But the illusion broke when she sat under the teachings of a progressive pastor. At first glance, Childers seemed a devout Christian with firm beliefs. She accepted Jesus in her heart when she was five, read the whole Bible in her youth, and as an adult, she wrote and performed music for the Christian band ZOEgirl. She shares her story in greater detail in her book, Another Gospel: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity.Ĭhilders was born and raised in a Christian family. In the documentary, Childers speaks about her experience attending a progressive church and how it made her doubt her faith.

I discovered Alisa Childers through the excellent documentary American Gospel: Christ Crucified.

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