Caution: Reading the bible may be hazardous to your soul. Common side effects include either despair or self-righteousness. If symptoms persist they are fatal. However, not everyone who reads the bible will experience side effects. “To preach the Bible as “the handbook for life,” or as the answer to every question, rather than as the [...]
If a tree falls in the forest…. There is an assumption that words convey meaning. And that meaning is what the speaker intended to say. When communication breaks down it may be either the speakers fault or the fault of the listener, but we do not assume that the meaning of the speaker is determined [...]
“The very same Bible—which biblicists insist is perspicuous and harmonious—gives rise to divergent understandings among intelligent, sincere, committed readers about what it says about most topics of interest. Knowledge of “biblical” teachings, in short, is characterized by pervasive interpretive pluralism.”
In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity. We have heard the motto used by several denominations, but how well have we followed it? If we could follow it, would there be a need for denominational distinctions?
When Jesus returns, he will surely return to the 50-yard line of Cowboys Stadium, descending bodily on the fog-machine-assisted sun rays streaming through the windows just above the mighty Ford logo, but below the American flag.