Quote:
Originally Posted by Edward Anglin
http://www.ugst.org/uploaded/Symposi...re_Bernard.pdf
“We must be willing to examine and evaluate modern Pentecostals traditions and practices as follows:
(1) If they are contrary to the Bible, we must discard or modify them as needed.
(2) If they are compatible with the Bible but not required by it, we must grant Christian liberty according to the teachings of Romans 14.
(3) If they are appropriate expressions and applications of biblical teaching—whether specific statements of Scripture or valid implementations of scriptural principles—we must uphold them regardless of the shifting opinions of modern culture, philosophy, and theology.
(4) Finally, if we are lacking in our adherence to biblical teaching, we must be willing to conform our thought and conduct to the Word of God.”
From David Bernard's 2008 UGST symposium paper, "Holiness and Culture."
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Is this really change? It still all comes down to an interpretation of the scripture. There will still be those that interpret
1 Cor. 11 to mean that women have magic hair, and there will be those that interpret
Deut 22:5 as women should not wear pants, and they will be able to use #3 to say that it is a valid implementation of scriptural principles for women to therefore not cut their hair or wear pants.
And there will be those who argue that by their interpretation, those scriptures mean something else, and therefore #1 applies.
Is this any different then any other standard discussion we have had ad nauseum for the past 6 years on these forums??
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