Pastor says Jesus needed his worldview to be corrected: Why “it’s always open season on Christianity”
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🗓️ 3 April 2025
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Summary
A Lutheran pastor preaching on Jesus’ encounter with Mary and Martha in Luke 10 declared that our Lord got it wrong. The minister declared: “Jesus needed to have his worldview and the purview of his goodness expanded. . . . Jesus needed to learn his lesson and stand corrected.” He went on to assert that the passage, which he claimed was initially used to silence women, has been employed over the centuries to elevate the importance of theological education and engagement for them. But here’s the good news: God wants to help us trust his word and his character. We can pray, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24 NKJV), and he will answer our prayer.
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| 0:00.0 | Good day and welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article podcast for Thursday, April 3, 2025. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm Chris Elkins' narrator. |
| 0:12.1 | Today's daily article is written by our CEO and co-founder, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:18.7 | Today's headlines focus on the global stock slide in response to President Trump's |
| 0:24.4 | tariff announcement yesterday, the dismissal of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case, |
| 0:30.7 | and Senator Cory Booker's 25-hour-long floor speech opposing Mr. Trump's policies. |
| 0:38.0 | Meanwhile, here's the story you may have missed. |
| 0:40.9 | A Lutheran pastor preaching on Jesus' encounter with Mary and Martha in Luke 10 |
| 0:46.4 | declared that our Lord got it wrong. |
| 0:49.2 | In his very erroneous interpretation, |
| 0:52.4 | Jesus' commendation of Mary for sitting at his feet and listening |
| 0:56.3 | to his teaching, verses 39 through 42 of Luke 10, denigrated women, consigned them to silence, |
| 1:03.0 | and denied them their proper leadership roles. The pastor offered our Lord a caveat, |
| 1:08.3 | however, I really hope that it was the writer Luke who just put it on Jesus' lips. |
| 1:13.7 | This, of course, raises enormous issues regarding the integrity and authority of Scripture. |
| 1:18.8 | But, assuming that Jesus spoke these words, the minister declared, |
| 1:23.1 | Jesus needed to have his worldview and the purview of his goodness expanded. |
| 1:27.9 | Jesus needed to learn his lesson and stand corrected, end quote. |
| 1:33.0 | He went on to assert that the passage, which he claimed was initially used to silence women, |
| 1:38.8 | has been employed over the centuries to elevate the importance of theological education and engagement for them. |
| 1:45.1 | Then he declared, take that Luke, or Jesus, or whoever. I would like to tell you that such defamation |
| 1:51.8 | is unique in our post-Christian world, but it is not so. The Roman Catholic bishop, Robert Barron, |
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