Eugene Peterson, that ignoramus who even does all his personal devotional study in the original languages…

You don’t know some of the stupid ideas I’ve had in life, so please take my thoughts with a grain of salt

I think all 4 of those things are wrong, and should be labeled as (right or wrong). But ask 4 different Christians about them and you may get 5 different answers.
(And that’s before Pastor Silva or Rob Bell get a chance to pontificate on it)

And good luck finding the morality of birth control pills clearly defined in the bible.

What are your thoughts on those four things?

What happens when this community comes up with something antithetical to Scripture? Was the Spirit leading them then?

By antithetical to Scripture, I’m assuming you mean things like:
drinking wine is evil,
female pastors are O.K.,
2 men can marry each other,
and it’s OK. for women to take ortho tri-cyclen pills and kill babies.

Genesis probably comes 1st in the bible for a good reason. The Spirit is always leading, but we humans have a tendency to screw things up pretty badly (original sin and all). Good thing we have a Saviour, right!

What happens when this community comes up with something antithetical to Scripture? Was the Spirit leading them then?

I think they you have an example of someone thinking they are being led when they are not.

I’m not thinking so much of churches as I am “the Church.” I am thoroughly convinced that the Church is God’s primary mechanism for all he is doing on the earth… whether that is the expansion of the Kingdom, the reconciliation of people unto himself, or the preservation and advancement of truth.

Neil

Sorta like the Message and the Voice.

Eugene Peterson or Pastorboy…hmmmm…(sorry that was kinda lectico divina) …. who’s biblical scholarship would I trust?…man tough call.

I don’t think it’s an either or proposition… clearly the Spirit leads people into truth, and the church is/should be a collection of Spirit led people, therefore I’d say these are accumulative.

Neil