re the arrogance of christians vbv r d eeap cwru edu virgilio dean b velasco jr writes i just thought i d share some words that i received in a letter from moody bible institute a couple of months ago the words are by james m stowell the president of mbi the other day i was at the dry cleaner and the radio was playing it caught my attention because a talk show guest was criticizing evangelical christians saying we believe in absolutes and think we are the only ones who know what the absolutes are he missed the point no imo mr stowell missed the point we affirm the absolutes of scripture not because we are arrogant moralists but because we believe in god who is truth who has revealed his truth in his word and therefore we hold as precious the strategic importance of those absolutes mr stowell seems to have jumped rather strangely from truth to absolutes i don t see how that necessarily follows are all truths also absolutes is all of scripture truths and therefore absolutes if the answer to either of these questions is no then perhaps you can explain to me how you determine which parts of scripture are truths and which truths are absolutes and who is qualified to make these determinations there is hardly consensus even in evangelical christianity not to mention the rest of christianity regarding biblical interpretation i find mr stowell s statement terribly simple minded carol alvin caralv auto trol com
