Evangelical

“…but when God speaks, we’re not to converse, but obey.”

It is commonplace to hear that “the Bible says clearly that homosexual practice is a sin” or some similar derivation of that.

Yet a quick peek into any of the popular translations of the Bible today reveals that ‘homosexuality’ or ‘homosexual practice’ are not empirically in the texts themselves. There is no mention of these ‘sins,’ as is commonly argued.

With the EA having recently declared that penal substitution is central to a correct understanding of the atonement, does this mean that anyone who challenges the concept is, by definition, no longer an Evangelical?

Or does it mean that the EA has simply swerved to the right and is no longer a representative group for Evangelicals?