The poem, titled “The Drift of Progressive Christianity: Forsaking Biblical Truth for the Altar of Cultural Relevance”, critiques liberal progressive Christianity’s shift from biblical authority to cultural conformity. Structured in five stanzas with a consistent ABAB rhyme scheme, it uses nautical and spiritual imagery to depict a church straying from Scripture’s anchor to chase fleeting cultural approval. The poem highlights the softening of the cross’s message, the dilution of biblical truth, and the sorrow of Christ (“Our Savior weeps”) as the church prioritizes relevance over divine authority. Despite this, a faithful remnant holds fast to unchanging truth. The poem laments the compromise of faith while affirming the enduring power of God’s Word.

A ship once sailed where truth’s deep waters lay,
Its course held firm by Scripture’s guiding hand.
But culture’s winds enticed it far astray,
To chase the fleeting praise of shifting sand.

The Word, a rock, once anchored heart and mind,
Now bends beneath the world’s unyielding call.
Its truths, once sharp, are softened and redefined,
To fit the mold where relevance holds thrall.

The cross, a sign of scandal and of grace,
Is polished smooth to soothe the modern eye.
Its blood and wrath fade from their rightful place,
As compromise obscures the Savior’s cry.

Our Savior weeps, His voice now faintly heard,
His sacred Word by culture’s tide defaced.
The church, unmoored, clings not to holy Word,
But bows to trends that time will soon erase.

Yet still a remnant holds the ancient creed,
Their anchor fixed where truth will never wane.
Through storms of relevance, they shall not cede,
For God’s own Word forever will remain.