John’s Pickle, Paradox, and Promise for Progressive Christians

Column by Rev. Roger Wolsey on August, 29 2024

The Gospel, known as John, is a paradox for progressive Christians. On the one hand, it seems to offer much egalitarian goodness and spiritual depth and insight. On the other hand, it is the gospel that’s been weaponized the most by conservative evangelicals and wielded to serve as a gate for who is in and who is out of the Christian faith – and salvation.