In veritate ambulare. To walk in Truth.

When I first devoted my life to God as a junior in high school, I began attending a conservative evangelical church. Aside from a nominal Roman Catholic upbringing, it was my first experience of the Christian faith. As a new Christian, I was eager to know what Christians were suppose to believe and how they were suppose to act, and readily accepted what the pastors taught. Indeed, not having studied the Scriptures myself, it did not even occur to me to challenge their teachings.

After a couple years, however, I began to question some of the tenants of evangelical Christianity. I had taken enough biology in high school and college to know that there was a considerable amount of evidence to support the scientific theory of Evolution. Yet, when I went to the leaders of the church with questions about Evolution and other subjects, I was given simplistic answers or told that I didn't have enough faith.

About the same time, I began to study the Bible more seriously; not simply following along with the Sunday morning sermon or youth group Bible study, but studying the Scriptures on my own, with the aid of a historical-critical Bible commentary. I met Christians at college who were well versed in the Bible and the traditions of the Church, yet did not hold to the doctrines of evangelical Christianity. They answered my questions with convincing evidence or told me that I would have to discover the answers for myself.

For the first time since I had devoted my life to God I was challenged. For years I had lived in what I thought was a monolithic reality: there was only one type of Christianity and only one right way of looking at the world. Anything that disagreed with that view had to be either ignored or washed over with "faith." I soon discovered that the Bible and the universe were far more complex then I had previously been led to believe.

I wanted to know the truth. Not just what Christians were suppose to believe or suppose to do, but the truth. Whether that truth came from the Apostle Paul or Charles Darwin, I didn't care. I needed my beliefs to reflect reality, not some simple, mocked-up "orthodoxy."

If you are interested in finding the truth, then you have to do it yourself. No matter how often you go to church or how many Christian devotionals you read, you have to work out your own beliefs. Simply following the beliefs of others is folly. Paul writes, "Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves" (2 Cor. 13:5). James tells us that "the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing" (James 1:3-4).

If you have ever questioned what was taught in your church, or if you have never attended church because you have questions about Evolution, the Bible, homosexuality, and salvation, then I invite you to examine an alternative, liberal Christianity. Liberal Christianity offers a way of approaching God, Jesus, the Bible, and salvation from a stand-point grounded in experience and reason. It is an honest approach to understanding the Christian faith and its place in an ever changing world. The theological articles of this homepage and those of the links below are based on liberal Christian ideas. They may very well answer your questions with convincing evidence, or they may compel you to find your own answers. Either way, the only satisfying life is one where you walk in truth. In veritate ambulare.

"True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding out the true path for ourselves and fearlessly following it." -- Mohandas Ghandi

What is a Liberal Christian? Find out what liberal Christians believe.