Gavin Ortlund was named in the first chapter of Megan Bash’s book, Shepherds For Sale leading him to become the most devoted opponent of the book. In the book he was exposed for his affinity for the climate change narrative, a forthcoming article will dive into the allegations. Nevertheless, his past stances on other issues drew more attention.
It was already well-known that Gavin Ortlund held a liberal view on the flood. But his views on homosexuality are also questionable. This should be unsurprising given he’s a fellow at the Tim Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. Many prominent Side B Theology proponents are there including Sam Allberry and Rachel Gilson.
Gavin Ortlund would toe a similar line to Max Lucado who believes that homosexuality is an agree to disagree issue.
“If we’re talking about, for example, does a person affirm a traditional definition of marriage…I would see it as kind of 2, but very solidly into 2…I have friends who disagree with me on that. I’m not willing to say they’re not a Christian.”
Gavin Ortlund misapplies a theological triage to run cover for people who flagrantly oppose the authority of Scripture. A “2” is what he would call a secondary issue.
Q: "Human sexuality"
— Woke Preacher Clips (@WokePreacherTV) February 22, 2022
"If we're talking about, for example, does a person affirm a traditional definition of marriage...I would see it as kind of 2, but very solidly into 2...I have friends who disagree with me on that. I'm not willing to say they're not a Christian." pic.twitter.com/0ISGCVLPfg
But what makes matters worse is that his traige doesn’t apply to the exclusivity of Christ.
Next issue is universalism (long discussion, many clips). To preserve context, I've included the end of his remarks on annihilationism.
— Woke Preacher Clips (@WokePreacherTV) February 22, 2022
"That's certainly moving into the 2 category in my mind, but there's people I know who are universalists that I can't say they are not saved." pic.twitter.com/uADatQiIEh
“That’s certainly moving into the 2 category in my mind, but there’s people I know who are universalists that I can’t say they are not saved.”
Gavin Ortlund defends the idea that universalism is neither heresy nor a gospel issue. So the exclusivity of Christ is not a primary issue to Ortlund.
Big Eva has been building up Gavin Ortlund and the reasons why are rooted in doctrinal decay.
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It’s hard for me to understand what he means by a 2 here. It seems a 2 it worse than a 3, but not heresy. So I’m guessing a 1 is heresy. Then a 2 would seem to be a serious error which is not serious enough to be labeled heretical but which is dangerously close to heresy, and a 3 is an error which is an even lesser concern? Is this right?
It’s hard for me to understand what he means by a 2 here. It seems a 2 it worse than a 3, but not heresy. So I’m guessing a 1 is heresy. Then a 2 would seem to be a serious error which is not serious enough to be labeled heretical but which is dangerously close to heresy, and a 3 is an error which is an even lesser concern? Is this right?
Looks like a tweet was memory-holed.