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Commentary: The Bible is the Unchanging Word of God

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I recently read an article written by Rev. James R. McCormick, a retired United Methodist pastor from Cumming, Georgia.   In his article titled “Be Careful Using the Bible” he attempts to put forth a modern concept that the Bible is not a reliable source for every moral dispute, particularly when it comes to changing cultural norms such as America’s acceptance of the LGBTQ community. McCormick puts it this way, “Often God is cited as supporting whatever values are normative at that time in history. Those are “timely” standards — standards valued for a time — but not necessarily “timeless” standards that are applicable for all time and all circumstances.”    Basically, he is saying that God is not self-revelatory but rather decides how He should be based on how we are at different phases throughout history.   A father that allows his son to make mistakes so that he can learn from the repercussions of those mistake does not do so because he supports the mistakes!   I assume that Rev.