Cherry picking the Bible.

Marcia · Sep 22, 2009

Joseph M. Smith said: ↑

I think I read you once before, in another thread, as having said that most or many of the Baptist churches in the Washington, DC, area are liberal. I have been here 38 years, have been a member of three of the area Baptist churches, have been interim pastor of six of them and pastor of one, and have been involved with the D. C. Baptist Convention as a staff member or as the pastor of a member church. I don't see liberalism.

Then there is the fact that there are more than 500 Baptist churches in the metro area. I have been in and preached in quite a few of them, particularly African-American churches. I don't see liberalism.

"Liberalism" is a term that means a low Christology and a weak anthropology (i.e., discounting the reality of sin). I don't see it. I hear and preach salvation by grace through faith.

But then I have not been to most of these 500 churches. So I cannot back up my assertion statistically.
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I should probably say that most of the Baptist churches I know of in my area (No VA) are liberal or lean liberal.

Marcia · Sep 22, 2009

Crabtownboy said: ↑

There are those who:

Emphasis Paul's teachings and ignore Jesus' teachings.
Emphasis retribution and ignore love and peace.
Emphasis law and ignore grace.
Emphasis salvation but ignore discipleship.

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And there are those who do the opposite, especially the first three.

And there are those who do not do these things and make no false dichotomies between them.

Jim1999 · Sep 22, 2009

Liberalism, Modernism, denial of the plenary, verbal inspiration of scripture and the deity of the Lord Jesus. Nothing to do with political liberalism.

Cheers,

Jim

Timsings · Sep 22, 2009

The article is about giving certain parts of the Bible priority of emphasis over other parts. I have seen many examples of this over the years. It is a common practice. It is usually rationalized using one of the excuses mentioned in the article. Although I don't make a direct admission of "cherry-picking" scripture, I will admit that there are portions of scripture that I enjoy reading more than others.

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