Just What the Bible Says – Again
By Henry Neufeld By reading the new Methoblog portal, I located an entry The Use and Misuse of the Bible . Most of this is a quote of a sermon by A. Allen Brindisi at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, which you can read here, though there is a substantial quote in the blog entry.
To quote from the sermon:
There is the rub: to distinguish between what the Bible seems to say, and what it “really
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Asides Repelling Young People
(2012/2/20)
“So, in a spirit of Christian solidarity, I decided to help these churches expel young people once and for all.” This is too good! Read the rest. ()
Cooperative Missions
(2012/2/20)
Dave Black wants us to do church planting cooperatively. We should! ()
February 15 Christian Carnival Posted
(2012/2/17)
… at Bible Archive. ()
Pete Enns on the Historical Adam
(2012/2/15)
He continues the discussion with Kevin DeYoung. I’m glad to see this discussion continue. ()
February 8, 2012 Christian Carnival Posted
(2012/2/9)
… at Other Food. Thanks to Violet for hosting the carnival! ()
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[...] Paul tells us that we now “see dimly in a mrror” (1 Corinthians 13:12), but some of us are quite certain that we see clearly. While I believe we should make every effort to get closer to the truth, it’s important that we understand that God’s ways are not our ways, and thus we will never get precisely to a “God’s eye view” of any problem or issue. In a recent comment Oloryn noted that: . . . in reading scripture, we are in the position of listing to One who does not share our outlook. If we haven
I’ve grabbed a piece of your comment to quote in my post Conceptual Idolatry. I absolutely agree with you.
I’ve always found it interesting how many people proclaim the one final and true understanding of a verse, and yet can’t accurately restate their imediate opponent’s view.