A progressive Nashville church has drawn the ire of the internet after sharing a message on social media declaring the Bible isn’t the Word of God, inerrant or infallible.
This was something I felt strongly about and also believe is important that it’s addressed. What we’re seeing now-a-days is the movement away from scriptural truth as doctrines of demons is embraced.
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons. (1 Timothy 4:1)
News like this shouldn’t surprise us as we’re in the last days, but this must be called attention to and clearly marked as false. We must make it clear that Progressive “Christianity” is no Christianity at all. Any so called branch, sect, or variation of Christianity that rejects the bible as authoritative and as the inspired inerrant word of God, while also undermining many other core doctrines of the faith, is FALSE.
Plain and simple. If you seek truth, you won’t get it from Progressive Christianity but from God’s word. You won’t get it from these so called “Christians”, “pastors”, and “churches” that malign it all the while preaching a false gospel that has zero power to save anyone.
It’s clearly expressed to us in the bible that all of scripture is from the inspiration of God and to say otherwise is to promote a lie, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work,” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
This is also confirmed to us in 2 Peter 1:21 as we see that “men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit”. It is not for us to pick and choose what we want from the bible. We either take it or leave it, there is no middle ground.
For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe. (1 Thessalonians 2:13)
Of course as believers we would want nothing more than for all men and women to believe in the gospel, but we also know that not everyone will. But just because someone may not believe it doesn’t mean we twist or ignore what’s clearly written in the pages of scripture.
With all of this being said, I also want to encourage us to pray for this pastor, that he may come to the knowledge of the truth and truly see what the bible is and the life changing impact it’s had on many including ourselves.
Nashville church says Bible isn’t the Word of God, then draws ire
From The Christian Post: Two Sundays ago, GracePointe Church, led by Pastor Josh Scott, shared a recap of the day’s message on Facebook, discussing the Bible and the question: “What Is Progressive Christianity?”
“As Progressive Christians, we’re open to the tensions and inconsistencies in the Bible. We know that it can’t live up to impossible, modern standards. We strive to more clearly articulate what Scripture is and isn’t,” the church noted before stating what the Bible is and isn’t.
“The Bible,” the church said, “isn’t: the Word of God, self-interpreting, a science book, an answer/rule book, inerrant or infallible.” Rather, it is: “a product of community, a library of texts, multi-vocal, a human response to God, living and dynamic.”
As of Wednesday evening, the post had attracted more than 1,200 emoji reactions along with 1,800 comments. Of the 1,200 emojis, more than half were angry faces, just over 300 were laughing emojis while more than 100 were sad faces. Just 157 reactions approved of the post.
When asked about the reactions to his sermon and if he felt it was a good conversation to start online, Scott, who grew up Southern Baptist, told The Christian Post in an interview that he believes it is a necessary one to have.
“You know, my intent really was, this is a conversation that we’re having in our community. So yeah, I do think it’s a good conversation and I think it’s a conversation that needs to happen within that sort of the broader Christian culture,” he said.
“I think we definitely have a tendency to treat the Bible almost as an idol. And in doing so, we fail, I think, to see the real call, which is never for us just to read something but always for us to read it, wrestle with it and then embody the rest of it the way we live our lives in the world,” he explained.
“If there are any sort of conversations that are off limits in the Christian tradition then it probably just means we are afraid of them. We’re probably afraid to engage them because we are afraid of being labeled heretics, we’re afraid of people saying hateful things. In reality, these are important conversations. So yeah, I feel like it’s something that needs to be talked about.” Read More
Sources
- Nashville church says Bible isn’t the Word of God, then draws ire (February 18th, 2021) – The Christian Post