DOWN WITH SOLA SCRIPTURA! 

Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.” (Jeremiah 14:14)

Be Careful What You Pray For Because You Just Might Get It

Notice carefully what this Pew Forum headline says; “mainline Protestants”, i.e. in clear defiance of God’s Word in the Bible professing Christians are now saying “society” should “accept” as normal the unrepentant practice of this deviant homosexual lifestyle about which our Creator says – “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination” (Leviticus 18:22, NASB). 

Why Rob Bell, popular pastor in Emergence Christianity, even did a series on Leviticus when he planted Mars Hill “Bible” Church so he ought to be helpful in understanding this verse, no:

In February 1999 we planted a church to reach the unchurched and disillusioned people of Grand Rapids, Michigan. For the first year, I preached through Leviticus—verse by verse… We ventured into its lair and let it devour us, trusting that God would deliver us with a truer picture of his Son… First, I didn’t want the church to succeed because we put together the right resources.

I wanted the church to flourish on the power of the Spirit alone. I knew opening with Leviticus—foreign words to today’s culture—was risky. But the bigger the risk, the more need for the Spirit and the more glory for God to get. Second, unchurched people often perceive the Bible as obsolete. If that crowd could discover God speaking to them through Old Testament law, it would radically change their perception that Christianity is archaic.

I wanted people to know that the whole biblical story—even Leviticus—is alive… many people don’t see the connection between the Moses part and the Jesus part. But Moses’ Leviticus is all about Jesus. (Online source, emphasis mine)

Very interesting; but yet in Pew Forum , in line with e.g. Living Spiritual Teacher and “Progessive Christian” scholar Marcus Borg, we read:

Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, two mainline Protestant denominations, are considering whether to allow the ordination of non-celibate gays and lesbians as members of their clergy.

The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that majorities of both denominations say that homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society. (Online source)

No real surprise there as Ingrid Schlueter, of the widely read online discernment and apologetics ministry Slice of Laodicea, said today: “The reek of embalming fluid from the ELCA and PCUSA, two of the big “mainline” religious corpses in America, is overpowering.” (Online source)

And while I do not agree with everything Dr. Walter Martin (1928-1989) taught I end up quoting him frequently concerning the subject of what he called “the cult of liberal theology” because he was among the very few speaking out about its devastating inroads into the visible church; particularly within these now-dead mainline denominations.

Following Blind Guides Will Always Lead To A Dead End And A Pit In Which To Fall

Circa 1985 Martin stated:

We are more concerned in the United States about the rights of homosexuals than we are about Who Jesus Christ is and what He did. We’re more concerned with social issues in the United States in the Christian church denominationally than we are with those who are dying in their sins without the Gospel. We are very concerned about everything except the things that really matter.

And you need to understand that when so-called leaders within spineless evangelicalism openly embraced the Emergent Church, much of which is now morphing into what they see as the emergence of the next reformation [read: deformation] of Christianity, these fickle fools placed themselves upon the very same broad road of religion as did the mainline denominations.

Take a look at the basic progression for yourself in Dr. Walter Martin On How The Devil Steals Your Church, but suffice here to say that it always “begins with a corrupt bibliology, a corrupt view of the nature and the inspiration of Scripture.” You know, stupid stuff like this from Emerging Church “prophet” Jay Bakker:

“The more I follow grace, the more I’m drawn to him [God], the more I’m willing to stand up for people being persecuted,” says Jay today. “This sounds so churchy, but I felt like God spoke to my heart and said ‘[homosexuality] is not a sin.’ ” (Online source)

Right; Jesus—the LORD God Himself in human flesh—has now contradicted Himself by denying what He says in Leviticus, which Rob Bell tells us is “all about” Him. As you’ll see in Where Does Rob Bell Stand Regarding the Practice of Homosexuality? at Apprising Ministries we’re still awaiting an actual answer to the letter we sent MHBC.

Being that Bell’s mystic musings are now accepted even within mainstream evangelicalism the Body of Christ has every right to know where this Emergent mega-pastor stands as to whether unrepentant practicing homosexuals, such as Adele Sakler co-leader of the Richmond Emergent Cohort aligned with Emergent Village, are modeling acceptable behavior for Christians.

As we also read in the Pew Forum piece:

Among mainline Protestants overall, 56% say homosexuality should be accepted, compared with only about one-in-four evangelical Protestants and four-in-ten members of historically black Protestant churches.  (Online source)

Well, here’s some more news for you; as I said in For Emergence Christianity Out Goes The Bible And In Comes “Queer Christians”, with mainstream evanjellyfish rejecting Sola Scriptura so it can usher in the Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism e.g. of its darling  Living Spiritual Teacher and Quaker mystic Richard Foster, it is now without its Anchor.

Tragically, by embracing the developing cult of a postliberal theology, mainstream evangelicalism has now placed itself firmly upon the very same pathetic path as the mainline denominations mentioned in that Pew Forum piece. And if you really think all of this questioning the text of Scripture to cloud the issue of homosexuality is anything new check out the video clips below.

O, may the Lord have mercy upon us all as His 1 Peter 4:17 judgments continue to fall…

See also:

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

EMERGENT CHURCH THEOLOGIAN TONY JONES AND HIS UNREPENTANT HOMOSEXUAL CHRISTIANS

BRIAN MCLAREN WITH GOOD NEWS CONCERNING “THE HOMOSEXUAL QUESTION”

EMERGENT CHURCH OPENLY ACCEPTS PRACTICING HOMOSEXUAL “CHRISTIANS”

WE FEEL HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A SIN

“ABORTION IS A BLESSING”: US EPISCOPALIAN LESBIAN MINISTER APPOINTED TO HEAD PRESTIGIOUS SEMINARY

REJECTING SOLA SCRIPTURA OPENS THE DOOR FOR LESBIAN EPISCOPAL PRIESTS