昨天(2018-8-14)80岁高龄、美国德高望重“牧者中的牧者”麦克阿瑟(John MacArthur)正式向“社会公义”之假福音宣战。他说:
近日福音派对“社会公义”的新痴迷是一个关键性的转移,我深信,这个对(福音)信息的移情别恋,正在导致许多人(包括一些重要的福音派领袖)走向下滑的轨道,这是一条许多宗派和运动都曾经走过的、并且必然导致属灵毁灭的道路。
虽然多年来,我曾多次与威胁福音的思潮作过激烈的论战,但我认为,这一场突如其来、绕道寻求的“社会正义”,是迄今为止对福音最狡猾、最阴险的威胁。
Evangelicalism’s newfound obsession with the notion of “social justice” is a significant shift—and I’m convinced it’s a shift that is moving many people (including some key evangelical leaders) off message, and onto a trajectory that many other movements and denominations have taken before, always with spiritually disastrous results.
Over the years, I’ve fought a number of polemical battles against ideas that threaten the gospel. This recent (and surprisingly sudden) detour in quest of “social justice” is, I believe, the most subtle and dangerous threat so far.