tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890360377043594340.post7639980534957530172..comments2023-04-27T06:28:41.222-06:00Comments on Rambler: No ModernityIntuxashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08026983865118870300noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890360377043594340.post-36631920674903659082008-02-05T11:00:00.000-06:002008-02-05T11:00:00.000-06:00I think the bible IS the word of God inasmuch as I...I think the bible IS the word of God inasmuch as I believe it was divinely inspired. If you look at how Jesus treated scripture, it was authoritative but mysterious. <BR/><BR/>I think when some people refer to the Bible as God's "word." They come at it from a systematic and incredibly methodical perspective. They dissect, re-dissect, exegete and squeeze every word of every verse for every ounce of truth possible. <BR/><BR/>Just like a painting is made up of many different strokes, the scriptures have a variety of strokes as well. <BR/><BR/>The mistake of some of those in Modernism is that they focus on the strokes and not the portrait. The portrait is Jesus. It's God's intimate work with humanity. It's love.<BR/><BR/>If Jesus took the word of God seriously, we must as well. But in our struggle to gain truth from the scriptures, we need to take a higher perspective of the scriptures. <BR/><BR/>Instead of raping the bible for truth, we need to step back and see the big ideas, the narrative and story that is being told. We need to wrestle with the truth, but we need to also recognize that the Holy Spirit was sent to us by Jesus to help us to discern and know the truth and how to live out our lives in the Kingdom.<BR/><BR/>If you're interested in reading a pretty heady paper on this subject, send me an email and I'll give you the link.<BR/><BR/>Glad to see your wrestling :)Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12661647772885121694noreply@blogger.com