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Subject: Help, parents need encouragement! |
Bible Note: Hello, justme :: Thank you for your response and for the spirit in which it was given. As most of us long-time regular users of SBF know very well, it is easy enough to misunderstand as well as to be misunderstood. A Forum is not the same thing as a back-and-forth exchange of ideas and information in person. We try to smile with the use of the symbol :-) and stress our arguments with a !Beyond that we must rely solely on the written word. And it is a fact that we all of us sometimes fail to express in words exactly what is on our minds and in our hearts. To quote a famous line from the movie "Cool Hand Luke" -- "What we have here is a failure to communicate." ..... When you posted your question and followed it up by insisting on a recommendation by Forum members of a book or books by living authors that had to do with your question, I believe this set off a signal to some of your correspondents to defend the Forum's strongly held position of sola scriptura. That is to say that the normative procedure on SBF is to ask Bible questions and give Bible answers without giving precedence to secular works. Another way of putting the matter is this: While references to and quotations from certain secular works, such as orthodox commentaries, sermons, etc. are not prohibited on SBF and are generally recognized as having value to the extent that they may illuminate difficult portions of Scripture, they are in no wise to be thought of or used as an alternative to or substitute for Scripture. ...... Justme, it is my considered opinion that respondents on this thread such as Doc, Humbled, WOS and I were acting in good faith to defend sola scriptura because it appeared, at least to me, that secular works were being sought as the primary source of information with Scripture being used as a supplement or even an option. I believe that certain secular works, if selected with wisdom and discretion, can in some measure and to a limited degree help to EXPLAIN difficult portions of Scripture. That is the stated purpose of most study Bible, for example. I do not believe that any secular work ever SUPPLEMENTS Scripture. ...... Sir, I do not believe your intentions were to dishonor the word of God! Your post to which this is a response says as much, and I am perfectly willing to take you at your word. ...... So the mild brouhaha that has occurred on this thread was more than likely a matter of misunderstanding -- ours of your intent and you of ours. Let's let it pass and use it as a growing and learning experience. Let's not quibble about it any longer and let's not bear ill will one toward another. Rather let's continue to love one another and in all things strive to bring glory to our blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Grace to you, justme. --Hank |