Contemporary Authors

After years of reading philosophical, spiritual, religious and theological writings, I have observed one pattern that troubles me. Most every contemporary author I've read at some point will present a concept that is clearly derived from specific bible verses and not make any reference, making the idea seem as though it is their own. THey will, often in the same book, if not the same chapter and paragraph, propose an idea that could actually be quite good, but isn't really found in scripture. Then they'll reference a bible verse as their proof text. Tell me your ideas, but don't act like the bible has said it all along. and if the bible has said it all along, don't pretend to be innovative, Shane Claiborne.