DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA

The postmodern homosexual lobby growing within mainstream evangelicalism, itself openly embracing existential Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism (CSM), is right now using the exact same rhetoric concerning the Bible as did the modern homosexual lobby in the now dead mainline denominations who earlier embraced the exact same CSM.

O, but the result will be different this time; right… Well, [insert mockery of the messenger here] if you really do believe that then you, my friend, really are a fool:

For some, I believe the Bible has become an idol.Some place the Bible above Jesus’ compassion and love, Jesus’ radical inclusivity, and hold steadfast onto what they believe to be the correct interpretation of a small amount of verses that speak about same-sex relations. To those who repeatedly start quoting Leviticus and Romans verses as soon as anyone brings up the topic of homosexuality, I’d suggest perhaps you stick your Bible back up on the shelf for awhile. Perhaps it should collect a little bit of dust.

 And maybe, just maybe, you need to go out and grab coffee with someone who’s gay. Maybe you need to hear their story, learn about what they’ve been through, how they’ve experienced Christians and the church… Christians need to get over their fear of gays and of what might happen if they welcomed fully into our society and churches. Christians need to get over their infatuation with a very select few verses, and get over their infatuation with a literalistic interpretation of these texts. Christians need to look more to Christ than to the Bible. (Adam Walker Cleveland, Online source)

See also:

APPRISING MINISTRIES: SHOCKING NEW EVIDENCE JESUS CONDEMNED THE PRACTICE OF HOMOSEXUALITY

THE EMERGING CHURCH, THE BIBLE & HOMOSEXUALITY: ENOUGH WITH THE BIBLE ALREADY; MAKE WAY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY IN EVANGELICALISM

EMERGENT CHURCH THEOLOGIAN TONY JONES AND HIS UNREPENTANT HOMOSEXUAL CHRISTIANS

WILL ROB BELL NOW FOLLOW TONY JONES OUT OF THE CLOSET?

KEN SILVA: IT’S TIME TO RETHINK THE ISSUE OF HOMOSEXUALITY

TODD FRIEL: A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE ROB BELL SAYS PUBLICLY PRACTICING HOMOSEXUALITY IS OK FOR CHRISTIANS

BRIAN MCLAREN, THE EMERGING CHURCH, AND HOMOSEXUALITY: WHAT’S SO HARD ABOUT THAT?