Is progressive Christianity a reform movement within the faith, or a different religion wearing Christian vocabulary? Guest Brad Wampler (Rooted in Logos) joins us to read the movement's own Eight Points aloud, trace the lineage from Schleiermacher through the emergent church, and follow the funding trail from a 1922 Rockefeller-backed pamphlet to The After Party curriculum a century later.

KEY TOPICS:

• The Eight Points of Progressive Christianity, from the movement's own self-definition
• Machen's 1923 verdict: not a variant of Christianity, but a different religion that keeps the vocabulary
• The deconstruction pipeline: church hurt → unanswered questions → relocated authority → exit
• Exegesis vs. eisegesis, the Five Solas, and why sexuality is the flagship application
• Barna's October 2025 numbers: a g ...