![]() Though the uneducated masses say, “The Bible says it I believe it that settles it!” I could now say, “The Hebrew says this, the cultural background study backs it up, therefore, I believe it, and you better not disagree with me, you ignorant and uneducated worm!”Īnyway, I have begun to try to back away from that sort of approach to Scripture, mostly because it looks nothing like Jesus, and have begun to try to figure out what the Bible is, how it should be used, and how it should be read, taught, and applied to our lives. ![]() In the end though, it all boiled down to the same thing… We were trained to talk about the Greek and Hebrew, and to reference the cultural, historical, and grammatical contexts of whatever passage were were studying, thereby giving us more and better ammunition against those with whom we disagreed. I used to preach that very thing.Īnyway, the only thing that Bible College and Seminary really did for me was giving a more “scholarly” way of saying, “The Bible says it I believe it that settles it.” We have probably all had run-ins with Christians who like to condemn others (or condemn you) by saying, “The Bible says it I believe it that settles it.” In fact, some days, I wonder if Bible College and Seminary hindered more than they helped. ![]() ![]() When it comes to helping me understand what to do with Scripture, Bible college and seminary didn’t help me much. Do you struggle with the Bible? Do you wrestle with what it says, what it means, and how to apply it to your life? ![]()
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