by Sandy » Wed Jan 14, 2015 12:37 pm
You have assumed that Mohler is saying if you don't agree with his brand of faith, you're not a Christian. Perhaps that's implied, perhaps not, but it's not what he's stated. What he's said is that there is a very sharp distinction between Evangelical Christianity and Liberal Protestantism, to the point where the two do not draw the same conclusions, and are, in essence, different "religions." Given the sharp distinction, especially on moral issues related to the application of Christian principles to the Christian life, and the essence of what each group believes that is, he's correct. You can simplify it by saying that one group believes in moral absolutes, discerned from scripture that is directly inspired by God, and one group believes all of that is open to individual interpretation. Those are opposing, not complimentary or similar, views. Methods of interpretation and application of the Bible's teachings are different, and lead to different, sometimes diametrically opposed, conclusions.
That view is not unique to Mohler or to conservative Evangelicals. Many liberal, mainline Protestants are just as dismissive, and exclusisve, and just as adamant in the superiority of their own beliefs over conservative, Evangelical views.