This post communicates an idea I've had for awhile after having or hearing theological discussions. I also often wonder what we are doing in today's culture that appears 'biblical' to us, but will be all too obvious to future generations that we were way off. Encourages me interpret with an open mind and listen to all perspectives, and realize that I could be terribly wrong about most of my current interpretations.
"So do we give up on “thinking Biblically” altogether? Certainly not. But we must approach our own conversations with the constant awareness that we might be wrong. That we don’t have all the answers. That someday, five hundred or a hundred or thirty years from now our brothers and sisters may look back and wonder how we could have missed the point. We must be open minded, willing to read its pages over and over again and change our minds as our hearts are opened to the truth."
http://redemptionpictures.com/2013/03/05/thinking-biblically/
To me, a big problem is that people don't actually obey what they read. The Bible is for doing. 2 Tim 3:16-17 says "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for X, Y, Z, and W, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling that (reading the Bible) + (doing things that we read) will lead to better understanding. I mean, when the prophets call out people, aren't those prophets often conflating truth and obedience?
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