They seek to expand the church to include many who have never even obeyed the gospel. They talk about the restoration period as the beginning point for the church of Christ. Liberals deny that there is a pattern for the church. To them it doesn't matter how we worship, or how one becomes a Christian, or how the church functions. With this casting off of the pattern our present day liberals are inching toward the open use of instrumental music in the worship.
Liberals always talk about grace and deny the obedience is necessary for salvation.
Instead of holding a biblical view that balance both grace and obedience, they, as a whole, deny the necessity of obedience. These are just a few of the characteristic of the liberals among us. While we could easily give a refutation to each of these areas we need only go to a couple of Scriptures to give us the answer. Copyright 1999 by Grady Scott may be reproducted for non-commercial purposes at no cost to others.