More Biblical Blindspots

How About a Bible Study?

While it’s one thing to expect a sitting U.S. President to have proper biblical theology, it’s quite another thing when a Christ-professing protestant denomination seems to lack a clue. Again, as we’re learning from our Basic Training series, the church of America continues to struggle with retaining a biblical world-view as evidenced by the Episcopal Church’s recent decision to appoint a panel of its theologians to prepare a paper on same-sex relationships in the life of the church.

According to one Episcopal leader quoted by the Christian Post, the project is "designed to articulate theologically a full range of views on the matter of same-sex relationships in the church's life and to foster better understanding and respectful discernment among us." Have any of the leaders in this denomination considered God’s “view” and “understanding” through His revealed Word as Paul exhorted Timothy (2 Tim. 3:16-17)? Obviously, Episcopalian theologians think the scripture is as inspired by God and as sufficient as President Obama, who just declared June “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month,” becoming the first U.S. president to include bisexual and transgender in the proclamation’s title.

How curious is it that a professing Christian president issued a proclamation encouraging pride in what God clearly calls sin? Does such an act profess more biblical compromise or plain biblical ignorance? Less we’re too harsh towards public figures, note that nearly nine in ten Americans who participated in the latest Associated Press poll identified themselves as Christian but only about half of them fit the typical picture of one – or at least one close to what their leaders try to paint. Case in point, though 86 percent of those polled said they consider themselves a Christian, only 35 percent said they attended religious services at least once a week. Meanwhile, 51 percent said they believe abortion should be legal in all (19 percent) or most cases (33 percent). Are U.S. ‘believers’ misinterpreting their Bibles (even more fundamental and straight-forward doctrines) or flat-out not reading them?