Ken’s latest rant is over Dan Kimball’s stance on Homosexuality. I think this is probably the worst article (as far as logic goes) that I have read from Ken. He begins by quoting Dan Kimball:

Because this is such a huge issue in our culture,…we can no longer just regurgitate what we have been taught about homosexuality

This is absolutely true! We cannot simply say “God hates Fags” or “It’s bad because the bible says so” anymore. People are looking for the why behind the statement that homosexuality is bad. This is all beside the point. Ken translates this as Kimball saying he is uncomfortable preaching the word. Ken’s translation:

I’m uncomfortable preaching the Word of God on this subject and don’t want to have to tell practicing homosexuals that the LORD God Almighty–their Creator–says, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act”

Huh? How on earth can he pull that underlying meaning from Kimball’s quote? He even uses a quote from Bell saying “That’s why I like Jesus so much because He loves us just as we are.” Yet, he gives no context at all in which that statement was said. Regardless of context, that statement is true, and in no possible way suggests a dismissal of homosexuality as a sin!

If that wasn’t enough, Ken takes this quote from Kimball and completely skews it:

“I have wrestled with the Scriptures and difficult viewpoints. I studied this issue not being afraid to reexamine all I had ever been taught before and to approach it with an open mind and heart. However, after much prayer and study of the sexual ethics and themes presented overall in Scripture, I have found that I just can’t dismiss that in the Bible homosexual practice is considered a sin.” emphasis mine

So Kimball basically says that the timeless scriptures have stood up to complete scrutiny. That even when he objectively looks at them through many lenses, it will always come up the same. Heck… he even out right said “homosexual practice is a sin.” How more black and white can you get? Here is Ken’s outrageous translation of this:

Dan tried and tried and tried…*deep breath* and tried to find away around the absolute clarity in God’s inerrant and infallible Word–the Bible–because he truly wanted to see homosexuality differently than Holy Scripture teaches. Noble perhaps, but definitely a position precipitated by Kimball’s man-love.

What!?! Is he actually suggesting that when someone closely examines scripture for its itended meaning they want to see a message “differently than the Holy Scripture teaches?” Does this mean that when MacArthur objectively studies scripture and synthesizes ideas that he is doing the same? Maybe we should all stop studying scripture and just take Ken’s word for it, eh?

I think an important thing is happening here. Some of these men labeled emergent are now coming out with their stance on doctrines that they are so often questioned about. Ken is finding that their doctrine isn’t as far off as he would think. So, rather than saying that he was wrong, and these men and women may not be “liberal cult” leaders (as he called Kimball), he attacks their intentions. He might as well say “I know what they said, but what they really mean is this….” This article for me affirms the fact that they are running out of ammo, and are now scrounging for anything to hold on to.

John Piper has a great article on hearing from God. Piper is one of my favorite authors. For the entire article go here. I’m not sure if you’ll need to create an account with them. If you do, it’s free.