John

A truly evangelical reading of scripture confronts us with a particular story and message that, if taken seriously, blows the doors off every assumption, outlook, and experience that we have ever had apart from Jesus Christ. The evangelical message of scripture shakes loose from us every misguided and idolatrous preconception about everything, literally everything, that we thought we knew, and then begins to rebuild us in light of the singularly radical fact of who God really is and therefore who we really are in relation to God and what he has done for us. The good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ is the most important thing we will ever need to hear and know, and it has the power to reframe and transform everything else.

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— Christian Smith, The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture

(Source: invisibleforeigner)

1. lavidalocaentejas said: The bible is the same as it was yesterday, the same as it is today, and the same as it will be tomorrow. The truth is fixed. Not buying this Smith’s fairy tales, the only thing Christian about him is his first name.
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4. hours said: hey, you accidentally repeated the last line. oh, and it’s “fact,” not “idea” in the phrase, “the singularly radical idea.”
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