When The Intent Is To Mislead… People Can Use The Bible To Justify Any Position They Want

Harbingers Daily ^ | 11/23/23 | Ken Ham

[Roman_War_Criminal]

People can use the bible to justify any position they want when they take words out of context, or read into the text what is not there.

On April 22, 2014, a new attack on the reliability and perspicuity of Scripture was released. “God and the Gay Christian” was a book that sought to teach readers that the Bible condones living a monogamous homosexual lifestyle. That attack continues today in the church.

The author was Matthew Vines, openly homosexual man and a professing Christian. Being an openly practicing homosexual and claiming to be a Christian often means the person has an agenda to attempt to make the Words of Scripture fit with his worldview. This was certainly the case with Matthew Vines. His attitude toward Scripture was like that of Christians who believe in evolution and millions of years, and thus reinterpret the clear words of Genesis to fit their already held beliefs. It is compromise right down the line. We do pray the church realizes this!

Sadly, a number of Christian leaders offered their praise of Vines’s book.

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I believe it is important to boldly stand against the ideas Matthew Vines promoted in the book by saying unequivocally that the book “God and the Gay Christian” is dangerous to Christianity.

[Fester Chugabrew]

There’s a difference between saying *I’m a *gay* Christian* and saying that *I’m a Christian who struggles with same sex attraction*.

Nobody’s sin should be their identity.

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Coming back at this after a decidedly long stretch. You nailed it here.