Is culture defining Scripture?
Re Board of Faith and Life resolution on women in ministry leadership (July 22). If Paul’s writing is the Lord’s command, then we can’t pick and choose what we want to believe and/or teach. We dare not “culturize” Scripture to suit the ideas of modern society, or we will find ourselves in a mess of hot water down the road. What might this mess look like? We just have to look at what is happening in denominations and churches around the world that have gone the route of allowing culture to define Scripture. In the past 10–15 years a number of large denominations have deemed it acceptable to ordain women as lead pastors. Now, those denominations have been ripped apart by the claims of homosexual lobbyists, and news of turmoil and splits are legendary. If we choose to “culturize” Scripture in our present discussion, the barn door is wide open, and any fundamental teaching of Scripture is free to escape, while heresy is free to enter. I’m calling on all Canadian MBs to pray for our confere
