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I think this is an example of the eisegesis he is talking about.
Do you think he is denying the examples you state or perhaps other examples? I have heard a preacher who both you and I appreciate who said a similar thing that you cannot explicitly find the cross in every single verse of the bible which is perhaps what Rick meant also. The scriptures you cited do not support the opposite of this either.
1.) “And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” (Luke 24:27)
This does not mean that ‘all the scriptures’ are explicitly about the cross of Christ.
2.) You search Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of me (John 5:39)
No. 1 If this means that every Scripture testifies of Christ does this mean equivalently that every Scripture testifies explicitly about the cross.
No. 2 ‘You search the Scriptures’
does not equate to ‘every Scripture’ surely? As an analogy I am sure that as you can appreciate, as the Calvinist will often say to the Arminian you cannot say the world means every last person in the world, we cannot say without thinking about it that ‘the Scriptures’ means anything more than a general view of the scriptures pointing to Christ, not necessarily EVERY verse of the pentateuch.
And as a side note, do you think he really wanted people to substitute their bibles for his book? That was an unfair shot, unless you can provide evidence of his statements which show he wanted this.
Why should one who is in a supposedly sacred office of “pastor” always be uncertain in his wordings or quotations? Why should one always be unclear? It is imperative to be clear and not ride on the coat tails of controversy. I understand your commitment to defend some people regardless of how ridiculous their assertions but a decerning listener (or believer in this matter) ought to evaluate all things in light of scripture. It’s not the first tweet in which Rick has down graded the authority of scripture. The catalogue of his errors are well chronicled else where.
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