Someone who wanted to challenge Orthodoxy would not be able to locate a building to hold a protest march in front of. The faith is too diffused.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
These protesters, opposing me or our church, they're protesting the eternal Word of God, and guess what - they're not going to be successful in toppling the Word of God.
Clearly a big challenge for Christianity is how to remain in contact with the millions of people who look for God but do not come to Church.
Challenging orthodoxy is a death sentence in Washington.
Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.
The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.
A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues.
We need people who truly live their faith, represent their faith, speaking to the issues of faith through a faith prism as opposed to just having folks talking about faith when there is a crisis.
The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance.
One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism.
The one badge of Christian discipleship is not orthodoxy but love.