Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe

by Voddie T. Baucham Jr.

“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire” (2 Peter 1:3–4). What could possibly be beyond the scope of “all things that pertain to life and godliness”? Moreover, what could a social science text give me that would be better or more sufficient than partaking in “the divine nature” or “having escaped the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire”? Christians have understood this from the beginning. The orthodox understanding of the nature and sufficiency of Scripture, as outlined in historic confessions, makes it clear that what John O. proposes is beyond the pale.