Matthew Vines' approach to Scripture is driven by a prior commitment to affirm homosexuality, not honest exegesis
Q&A question about advocates like Matthew Vines who try to make homosexuality fit within Scripture.
Winger says Vines' own testimony reveals the problem: he decided he could not accept a Christianity that called homosexuality wrong, so he approached the Bible looking for a way to make it fit. This produces multiple, self-contradicting interpretations of the same passage (Romans 1). Winger describes this as eisegesis driven by emotional stakes, not honest scholarship. He says he is ashamed of what he sees when people twist Scripture so transparently on a topic that is actually clear.
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