Subject: What say you? |
Bible Note: No Private Interpretation. Hi Kalos and Lionheart. You suggest I spend 90 percent fo my time looking for Old Testament doubts. That surprised me, as my main point was to read the entire Bible... so I looked at my posts. My questions have been half new testament, half old. I'm not looking for doubts or trouble, but posting questions from my prayerful and studious reading of the Word. I wasn't saying that the Bible isn't God's Word. I agree with every scripture Lionheart quoted. We will differ, it seems, in the tools used to interpret the scripture. For sure, the Bible is not for "individual interpretation" --- there are interpretations that violate the text, and God's intent for us. I won't say there is only one interpretation, because God has used the same texts in different ways, over the centuries, to his own Glory. My deepest desire is to live in accordance with God's will for my life, and to see other lives called into relationship with Him. Hopefully I'm communicating more clearly than I have been : ) Given our different interpretive tools, I would be interested in your response to the website in Triggers' question, that started this whole discussion... Like, maybe the "daughter-slavery" question that I used in my answer. While we don't have to justify God to human standards... it is our task to witness clearly to the character of God, to spread his Kingdom. The website shows how God is perceived, due to our actions and interpretations. JRM |