steve-in-kville wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 9:58 am
I wanted to make this a poll but there are too many variables at play. And I value some discussion on the subject as I'm curious why people hold the values that they often do.
The question is:
In regards to your own personal standards and applications, what is liberal/progressive in your opinion? What is conservative in your opinion?
Things like dress, technology, vehicles, entertainment and so on. Give examples, tell stories, etc. Two rules: keep national politics out of it (church politics is okay), and no personal attacks. Let's try tot to induce a heart attack on the mods
My understanding is however one believes the Holy Spirit is guiding them how to live. Here is a further explanation - 'He comes to live in us and fill us, and in doing so He guides us as a counselor would—supporting, convicting us of our sin, strengthening us in Christ, encouraging us in the way we should live, helping us to pray, and even praying for us when we're too weak to do so ourselves.'
Regarding being 'liberal', being born again, I am set free from 'dead religion'. Regarding being 'conservative' the Holy Spirit will guide me in this new freedom in Christ to have certain restraints if I allow Him to.
I am a believer in personal guidance and convictions of the Holy Spirit as I believe this will be what I will, in the end, give an account for. Not whether I have adhered to rules made by others on how I should live my life.
I believe sometimes as Christ followers we can be, at times, like the Pharisees, with an on-going comparison with others as to how sanctified we live. It often sounds to me like a 'holier-than-thou' contest. As Jesus kept pointing out, God knows what really is in our hearts and why we live the way we do which will all be exposed at judgment day.
As I indicated before I don't care for the 'conservative' and 'liberal' labels put on Christians as it often gets into an area of judging others, which, to me, is God's job. And I fail at times to leave some of this with the Holy Spirit in prayer.
Anyway, my 2 cents.