You've got the KJV, the ESV, the NIV, the NASB, and now we have the DEI version of the Bible.
Listen to this contributor to the "Upside-Down Kingdom" study Bible from Christian publishing house Zondervan talk to Preston Sprinkle, a Christian speaker who likes to dabble in wokeism while pretending that it's not woke.
Preston Sprinkle: One of the values going into the study Bible was diversity. So ethnic diversity, gender diversity, denominational, theological diversity ...
(Remind me when God has ever said that "theological diversity" is a good thing, then compare it to the times when worshipping other gods in the name of "diversity" was condemned.)
Joey Dodson: I have a huge burden for the multicultural church ... God's voice is not one color, it's not one nation, it's not one gender. God is spirit ... so we need to hear those (diverse) voices again and again and again ... Exegesis is best done in a community and it's best done in a diverse community.
Woke DEI talking points sprinkled with Christianese and repackaged in the form of a study Bible that's meant to reflect the race-and-gender Marxist worldview instead of the actual diversity of the Church, which is the Bride of Christ.
Bear in mind, Zondervan is a major Christian publisher headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a socially conservative city packed with Dutch Reformed heritage.
It's now apparently repackaging Marxist talking points into language that is palpable to evangelical Christians.
The mind virus is everywhere, friends.
If you needed another red flag, Dodson also had to mention that he's a vegan. Because that's what vegans do.
I think Dodson is reading the Bible ... differently than most of us.
He likes Luke because it elevates women and John because it deals with "church trauma."
It's like when the actors in the Lord of the Rings movies told us that environmentalism was at the heart of Tolkien's books ... I think you're missing the bigger picture.
Here's a little bit of the description from Amazon.
The NIV Upside-Down Kingdom Bible provides hundreds of side-column notes, full page articles, essays, and book introductions that skillfully and thoughtfully address topics such as: race and ethnicity, creation care, science, abortion, wealth and poverty, gender and sexuality, politics, baptism, technology, and others.
More like upside-down theology.
Yeah, I don't need Jemar Tisby lecturing me about systemic racism inside the pages of the Holy Bible.
Steer clear!
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