![]() ![]() This discussion is likely way over my head. ***Note to Biblical scholars reading this…I am simply a dumb musician who goes to church and loves God. You can listen to it below if you are interested. UPDATE: Jackie Roese’s sermon is now available for download from the IBC website. “Woman’s turn in pulpit at Irving Bible Church brings buzz, beefs” by Sam Hodges ( Dallas Morning News) Their hermeneutic threatens biblical authority, and that is what I identified as the “matter of grave moral concern.” That will be clear when the editorial comes out this Fall. In this way, the authority of the Bible is at stake in the changes that they have initiated. By adopting a trajectory hermeneutic, they set aside the clear teaching of scripture in favor of misguided hermeneutical criteria. In context, that line actually addresses the deeper issue of how the IBC elders are interpreting the Bible. Hodges quotes from my forthcoming JBMW editorial in which I say that the changes at IBC are “a matter of grave moral concern.” By that, I do not mean to say that IBC has suddenly descended into a tailspin of immorality. ![]() One final word of clarification is also in order. Mark Bailey has a note of clarification on DTS’s website that further explains his separation from IBC and DTS’s stance on the gender issue. Bailey said that he and his wife, Barby, were amicably distancing themselves for “personal convictions and professional reasons.”ĭr. The Dallas seminary, which supplies pastors to Bible churches around the country, has long had close ties with Irving Bible Church. Nelson added that his church’s recent sermon series on the Bible and gender roles came in part because of Irving Bible Church’s conclusions about women and preaching.Īlso of note, Hodges commented on IBC’s connection to Dallas Theological Seminary:Īnother measure of the controversy is that Mark Bailey, president of Dallas Theological Seminary, has removed himself from a team of regular guest preachers at Irving Bible Church. “I believe this issue is the carrier of a virus by which liberalism will enter the evangelical church.” “If the Bible is not true and authoritative on the roles of men and women, then maybe the Bible will not be finally true on premarital sex, the homosexual issue, adultery or any other moral issue,” he said. Tom Nelson of Denton Bible Church said his friends in Irving are on “dangerous” ground. But the best lines from the entire news article come from Tommy Nelson, pastor of Denton Bible Church: Sam Hodges of the Dallas Morning News wrote Saturday about the changes at IBC, and he quoted from my forthcoming JBMW editorial on this topic. Yesterday, IBC had a female preacher fill the pulpit for the first time since the elders’ findings were published. The elders had just completed an 18-month long study and had concluded that they would allow women to preach in their church. Last May, I wrote about the egalitarian shift at Irving Bible Church (IBC). ![]()
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