There is no “new interpretation”. What Scripture plainly says, it plainly says. There are several warnings about trying to change the words, in the text.
Our pastor did a QUICK thing on the Ten Commandments - he was more talking about the Israelites leaving Egypt and becoming free. (Slaves have one set of rules, free people have a new set of rules. To keep them free.)
Anyway, he talked about not taking the Lord’s name in vain. To paraphrase:
“I know a lot of people think it is about using four-letter words - well it’s not. No - you can’t all start using them now. But it is about ascribing something to God that He hasn’t said or commanded, or that is written in Scripture. Preachers do it all the time. Politicians, everyone. But it is twisting God’s truth to fit YOUR truth, and claiming that it is from God.”
To go along with that, in other sermons the pastor has mentioned numerous times that when we read something in the Bible (or preached from the Bible) that makes us squirm, well maybe the image that we have in our heads of God, isn’t the true God of the Bible.
And I don’t know if I’ve heard him preach on it, but I would add that stuff in the Bible that we have to jump hoops around to try to explain to fit our “theology” probably isn’t a correct theology.
“Well those guys that wanted to rape the man isn’t about homosexuality, it is about kindness to strangers.”
He reminds me of those who claim the US Constitution is a “living’ document, subject to reinterpretation by each generation. But God gave us our rights guaranteed by the Constitution and God’s word is not subject to reinterpretation by any man. If it was our Constitution would become flexible as would our rights. This Pope is hopelessly influenced by Marxists.