A recent Gallup poll notes that \u201ca combined 75% [of Americans] believe the Bible is in some way connected to God\u201d; 28% believe that the Bible should be taken literally, and about half understand and interpret the Bible as the inspired Word of God. But to what extent do preachers see the\u00a0whole\u00a0Bible\u2014all thirty-thousand-plus verses\u2014as the inerrant or inspired Word of God?\nWe\u2019re all familiar with the humorous argument that if we\u2019re prepared to use the Bible to condemn homosexuality we\u2019ll have to stop eating lobster too, so clearly some portions of the Bible\u00a0have<\/em>\u00a0been abandoned. A recent event, however, highlights the fact that biblical images of harlotry and its relationship to patriarchy remain firmly in place.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nRev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, the pastor of Empowerment Temple AME in Baltimore, Maryland has recently found himself on the homiletical hot-seat as his direct quote of the Chris Brown song made its way into a sermon he preached entitled \u201cI\u2019m My Enemy\u2019s Worst Nightmare\u201d with a scripture text of Matthew 27:19. Rev. Bryant goes through his usual homiletic approach opening with social commentary before getting to the crux of his theological argument. However, his social commentary in this sermon engaged in the worst that Christian thought from the black religious context has to offer.<\/span><\/div>\nRev. Bryant broached the subject of gender and sexuality like a proverbial bull in a china shop. With quoted statistics that could have used some serious academic support, Bryant worked in heavy generalizations about gender roles that reeked of Christian patriarchy and asserted that there are more black lesbian girls now than there are black gay boys because \u201cthe Enemy had now shifted its attack toward black girls.\u201d He referred to some black men attending church as \u201csanctified sissies.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\nRead the rest here<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A recent Gallup poll notes that \u201ca combined 75% [of Americans] believe the Bible is in some way connected to God\u201d; 28% believe that the Bible should be taken literally, and about half understand and interpret the Bible as the inspired Word of God. But to what extent do preachers see the\u00a0whole\u00a0Bible\u2014all thirty-thousand-plus verses\u2014as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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