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Post by Daniel on Jan 24, 2016 11:17:19 GMT -5
Jeffress: Evangelicals infected with 'inclusivism'
Bob Kellogg (OneNewsNow.com) January 22, 2016
Citing growing "inclusivism" among evangelicals, a prominent Southern Baptist pastor isn't surprised that the protest over the proposed termination a Wheaton College professor remains unsettled.
More than 800 Wheaton alumni are threatening to withdraw their financial support if Professor Layricia Hawkins (right) isn't reinstated following her controversial statement in social media that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.
Pastor Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at First Baptist Church-Dallas, points out that Hawkins isn't alone in her unorthodox thinking. He says more than half (57%) of evangelicals today believe there is more than one way to God other than through Christianity.
"So I think these Wheaton supporters are simply reflective of a growing trend of inclusivism that has infected the body of Christ as a whole," he adds.
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Post by txlulu on Jan 24, 2016 12:23:03 GMT -5
That is so sad, that more than 75% of evangelicals believe there is more than one way to God. Guess they will be really surprised on Judgement Day.
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Post by Daniel on Feb 4, 2016 10:09:23 GMT -5
For Shame - Wheaton Alumni Defend Chrislam Professor
By Jack Minor February 03, 2016
The debate rages on about Wheaton Colleges decision to fire a controversial associate political science director who said Christians and Muslims worship the same God, and it now appears she has the support of a group who was named by the Justice Department as an unindicted co-conspirator in a terrorism funding case.
Dr. Larycia Hawkins caused a stir recently during the Christmas season when she posted a pair of photos of herself on Facebook wearing a hijab, a traditional covering that women in Muslim countries are forced to wear on pain of death. For instance, several years ago young women in a burning building in Saudi Arabia were not allowed out because they were not wearing their hajibs and as a result, were burned to death.
Although the hajib raised eyebrows because many said it represents oppression of women, Wheaton said that is not the reason she was fired. Rather, it was because of comments she made suggesting that one of the key tenets of Christianity is not a big deal.
Hawkins stated, "I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book," Hawkins asserted. "And as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God."
The claim is ridiculous on its face because one of the foundational truths of Christianity is not just the Trinity, but that Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh. The first chapter of John makes this very plain when it says "the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." Paul also affirmed this when he said "God was manifest in the flesh." If that were not enough, Luke recorded in Acts 20:28 that the blood shed on Calvary was Gods blood. Never mind that Jesus said He was the I AM of the Old Testament.
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Post by Daniel on Feb 17, 2016 9:56:53 GMT -5
Jeffress: Wheaton debacle indicative of larger problem
Steve Jordahl (OneNewsNow.com) February 16, 2016
...Dr. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at First Baptist Church-Dallas, has some concern about Wheaton's decision – but mostly about the influence it might have elsewhere in the Christian community.
"I'm afraid they may have created a martyr in this scholarship fund, but that's their business," he tells OneNewsNow. "I just hope that Wheaton and all ... Christian institutions – and mostly Christian churches, for sure – will not waffle and waiver on this foundational issue of the Christian faith."
The dustup at Wheaton is symptomatic of a larger problem within the Christian community, according to Jeffress. "We are not articulating in a clear way why we believe what Jesus said, that he's the only way to heaven," says the pastor.
And while critics argue that when Christians make that statement they are deliberately excluding people of other faiths from heaven, Jeffress says the exact opposite is true.
"The reason we tell Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, everyone that there's only one way to God is not to try to keep them out of heaven, but it's because we want to invite them into heaven," he shares.
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