tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post2060890535189690720..comments2024-01-24T10:39:27.668-05:00Comments on Coming Untrue: Inbox: Things That Don’t Hold TogetherDr. S. L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303707167715370504noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-46323785084084728292015-09-24T10:48:18.315-04:002015-09-24T10:48:18.315-04:00Yes, this is being forgotten. It's being forg...Yes, this is being forgotten. It's being forgotten because we, as Christians, are more interested in defending a system taught to us by some Bible teacher we happen to respect than we are for confirming its truth. <br /><br />We spout the "partly-line" quickly, and even cull websites of proof-texts to back our case: but we don't go and actually look at the text, humbling ourselves before the Lord, seeking His mind, not our own or that of some theologian we happen to admire. So we do not learn, and we do not grow, because we do not do what you call the "spadework."<br /><br />In order to keep up the party line, we avoid the Old Testament or use only small bits of it. And even in the New Testament, we do not look for the Author's intended meaning, so much as we impose our own prejudices or the biases of our heroes upon the text.<br /><br />The solution? Read the Book. It's not nearly so hard or obscure as we tell ourselves it is. And the Spirit of God still teaches those who sincerely search.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com