A new book's "exceedingly dangerous" assertions that homosexual orientation and gay marriage are consistent with a high view of the Bible are refuted by President R. Albert Mohler Jr. and four of his colleagues at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an e-book published today (April 22).
"God and the Gay Christian? A Response to Matthew Vines" released the same day as the official release of Vines' volume, "God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships," which has garnered significant attention.
An April 22 blog post by Mohler asserts that Vines' interpretation of Scripture is driven by his experience as a homosexual rather than the normal rules for understanding written documents.
"When he begins his book, Matthew Vines argues that experience should not drive our interpretation of the Bible," Mohler writes. "But it is his experience of what he calls a gay sexual orientation that drives every word of this book. It is this experiential issue that drives him to relativize text after text and to argue that the Bible really doesn't speak directly to his sexual identity at all, since the inspired human authors of Scripture were ignorant of the modern gay experience."
A review of Vines' book by Andrew Walker of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission argues that "Vines has compiled liberal biblical scholarship and popularized it for a non-technical audience." Walker's review, published on the ERLC's Canon & Culture website, summarizes the book in detail and includes bulleted arguments for pastors to use as they discuss "God and the Gay Christian" with church members. Keep reading
See also
Reformation or Revolution? A Review of God and the Gay Christian
Download a free PDF version of "God and the Gay Christian? A Response to Matthew Vines" from SBTS Press
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