Rob Bell
Michael and Lisa Gungor
Posted on 08/08/2014 6:15:34 AM PDT by fishtank
Highlighting that a Baptist church recently canceled one their events due to a swirling controversy over their views on the Bible, Christian couple Michael and Lisa Gungor of the Grammy nominated, Dove award-winning band Gungor affirmed their faith in God Wednesday and insisted that "NO REASONABLE PERSON takes the entire Bible completely literally."
In their most recent explanation of their theological position, Gungor tweeted late Wednesday night: "For those who heard rumblings of apostasy or scandal, we'd like to clear the air. Fundamentalists, 'I'm with you.'"
Included with the tweet was a link to a blog post, titled "I'm With You," from Michael Gungor addressing the ballooning controversy and apologizing to fans who may have been under the impression that they were fundamentalist Christians.
"I am sorry to any fundamentalists that have felt confused or tricked or something by us in this issue. We have always tried to be upfront about our wrestling with doubts and questions of faith," Michael Gungor wrote in his closing statements of the post.
(Excerpt) Read more at christianpost.com ...
Gungor drifts from biblical orthodoxy [Christian musician decides Scripture not accurate]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3190195/posts
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Gungor drifts from biblical orthodoxy [Christian musician decides Scripture not accurate]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3190195/posts
Michael GUngor is going to be interviewed on Static Radio ABQ at 9:00 AM MST.
This is even more disturbing than his doubts on Genesis and a global flood:
“This theological ambivalence is on display on Gungor’s latest project—a collection of EPs released under the name The Liturgists. Working with Pastor Rob Bell—author of Love Wins—and various poets....
[One new work, entitled] “God Our Mother”, supports moving beyond the Scriptural formulation of God as Father...”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3190195/posts
Thinking may be the wrong word. Questioning, doubting, searching, unbelieving - these are all more appropriate words.
Rob Bell
Michael and Lisa Gungor
Taking the Bible completely literally would mean believing that a literal beast is going to rise out of the sea in the last days. So, there’s that.
We certainly take the literal parts literally and that includes the book of Genesis and the words of Jesus.
“We believe God, we just don’t believe what He says.”
Sounds like they’ll fit right in with (man-made) denominations.
This is why the concept of genre is part of bible hermeneutics 101. Certainly books of poetry and prophecy, especially apocolyptic prophecy, make liberal use of allegory, metaphor and symbolism. But Historical books (including the Torah), the Gospels and epistles are literal works to be taken literally. When metaphor is used in these works, especially the Gospels, it is clearly identified as such. "An then Jesus told them a parable....."
“….If anyone adds to these things,
God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” Revelation 22:18, 19.
Followers of Jesus are not free to pick and choose which parts of the Bible they like.
Yeah, there’s a bit of a disconnect about what “literal” means.
A lot of that depends on the style of the writing. Genesis was written as a historic narrative. Psalms were written as songs containing fundamental truths.
I think there are pictures of Hillary Clinton near a beach....
Oh man, I wonder what his father thinks about this. Michaels’ father is one of the best preachers I ever heard.
How sad.
Not so. Those are clearly explained within the bible itself...the very context itself.
She is literally not guilty.
Some of the Bible is NOT supposed to be taken literally. Some of it is allegorical. Some of it is poetic. There are figures of speech etc. etc. etc.
I love the people who claim to take the Bible literally and then pretend that “No, of course Jesus’ first miracle wasn’t wine. We can’t touch that evil stuff.”
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