Today I will reveal something shocking that is being taught at an SBC seminary. We have been hearing the cry, "But we are are all inerrantists." Yet there is far more to being conservative than being an inerrantist. How you handle the Scriptures are equally important.

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If the men of the Conservative Resurgence had in the 70's what I will share with you that's going on today, they would have used it as "exhibit A" to point to liberalism in our seminaries.

There is a cancer in our convention, and if we don't wake up soon it'll be too late.

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What SBC seminary is teaching this?

“African readers of the Bible face the challenge that most of the modern methods of Bible interpretation are rooted in Western context... I propose a contextualized, African, intercultural approach of Bible study.”

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What SBC seminary is teaching this?

“People sometimes think of hermeneutics as if it has principles set in stone. But is hermeneutics static or dynamic in the sense that it can change as methods of interpretation adapt to different cultural contexts.”

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What SBC seminary is teaching this?

“Hermeneutics must be connected to a particiular place. If our hermeneutical models are all from the West, how can we direct practical applications in an African context?”

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What SBC seminary is teaching this?

“Africans approach the Bible from a different perspective. We end up being confused about the Bible when we are fed a diet of Western perspectives on a biblical text... it’s out of touch with the way we live.”

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