"A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all"
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The subtext is a power move disguised as fidelity. “The Scriptures” reads singular and settled, as if interpretation isn’t the whole history of Christianity. That sleight of hand matters: it collapses centuries of debate over translation, genre, and context into a simple compliance demand. The quote doesn’t just argue that the Bible should matter; it implies that dissenting Christians aren’t merely wrong, they’re counterfeit. That’s a social weapon in religious politics, because it delegitimizes opponents without having to engage their reasons.
Contextually, Terry’s celebrity-activist lane (anti-abortion organizing, culture-war confrontation) makes the sentence feel less like theology and more like movement discipline. It’s a rallying cry for audiences tired of nuance and eager for clarity that doubles as condemnation. The rhetorical trick is definition: if you can define “real Christianity” as your interpretation of Scripture, you win the argument before it begins, and your coalition stays pure by design.
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Terry, Randall. (2026, January 15). A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-christianity-that-is-in-conflict-with-the-165685/
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Terry, Randall. "A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-christianity-that-is-in-conflict-with-the-165685/.
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"A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-christianity-that-is-in-conflict-with-the-165685/. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.




