“OK, so here’s a poser for you:
Say your pastor has one way on interpreting scripture(it can be any scripture); then he leaves your church and another pastor takes his place, and he has a different interpretation of the same scripture.
What do you do then?”
First, the pastor has no authority on scriptural interpretation. Such should be vested at the denominational level, or better yet, at the whole of Christianity, where there is consensus. So his interpretation is not better than mine per se.
If we have a disagreement, then we should simply discuss it. If this is a non-critical issue (such as prophetic interpretation), we can simply agree to disagree. If this is a sin issue, (pastor supports marrying homosexuals, I do not) I would raise it with the denomination. If the denomination does not repent of sin, I must leave and go to a Bible believing group.
You nailed my take on it.
I disagreed with my former pastor on salvation. He believed that if you professed Christ as your savior and then, at some future time said and believed that Christianity was a bunch of hooey (and exhibited the lifestyle to prove it) and died in that belief, you would still be saved.
I have a hard time with that, but I didn’t leave the church over it.