Liberalism

The book “is Bowles’ break-up letter, chronicling her realization that something had gone horribly amiss in the crowd with which she was running.” - Law & Liberty

“…the 2022 American Family Survey, a striking new poll from YouGov and the Deseret News, which found that liberals are about 15 percentage points less likely to be ‘completely satisfied’ with their lives.” - IFS

“In Europe, ‘liberal’…means free market economics and liberty in general. Which is why the ‘Liberal Party’ in Australia is actually what Americans would describe as the conservative party. Whereas in the United States, ‘liberal’ has come to mean progressivism, openness to change of every sort, and left-leaning ideologies.

Roger Olson: Typically, fundamentalists elevate to the status of dogmas (essentials of Christian faith) interpretations of the Bible that are really matters of debate and differing opinions among equally God-fearing, Bible-believing, Jesus-loving Christians.

“We can be tempted to use terms to make a splash or win an argument at the expense of complexity. You see this today with everyone condemning or praising liberalism. The term has become so vague that it increasingly means ‘stuff I don’t like’ to some and ‘progress and freedom’ to others.” - Acton

“The Bible and the Left (not liberalism, leftism) are as opposed as any two worldviews can be. While there are people who claim to hold both a Bible-based worldview and left-wing views, these people are few in number. Moreover, what they do is take left-wing positions and wrap them in a few Bible verses.” - National Review

A mayor’s backlash against a basic statement of Evangelical Christian belief signals an ominous turn in the culture wars. National Review

Roger Olson: If fundamentalism tends to be rigid, dogmatic, contrarian, separatist, liberal Christianity tends to be shallow, insipid, plastic, and fuzzy.

Preaching & Preachers: Dead Germans.