http://www.faithshaping.org/2006/05/10/54/ Sharing with the world faith journeys through Life Shapes, authentic Christian living, and communities of Faith. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:09:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.faithshaping.org/2006/05/10/54/#comment-103 Fri, 12 May 2006 23:13:03 +0000 http://www.faithshaping.org/2006/05/10/54/#comment-103 Yes, I was trying to communicate that when I made the comment about us never being able to really understand God in everything. The way many Christians are taught growing up is that everything is black-and-white. There is of course absolute truth, those are the things that God commands and the things that He makes very clear in His Word. I think there is always great danger in the interpretations we make when we read the Bible. We have to approach the scriptures with the willingness to accept that we may not understand what we are reading, and not make attempts to "read between the lines". I think we always have to take a step back from deep study of the Word to take into account the big picture of the Bible. We have to make certain that what we think God is saying fits into the bigger picture. Yes, I was trying to communicate that when I made the comment about us never being able to really understand God in everything. The way many Christians are taught growing up is that everything is black-and-white. There is of course absolute truth, those are the things that God commands and the things that He makes very clear in His Word. I think there is always great danger in the interpretations we make when we read the Bible. We have to approach the scriptures with the willingness to accept that we may not understand what we are reading, and not make attempts to “read between the lines”. I think we always have to take a step back from deep study of the Word to take into account the big picture of the Bible. We have to make certain that what we think God is saying fits into the bigger picture.

]]> http://www.faithshaping.org/2006/05/10/54/#comment-102 Fri, 12 May 2006 04:40:02 +0000 http://www.faithshaping.org/2006/05/10/54/#comment-102 OK personally, I felt that much of the conversation was filled with a bunch of willy nilly arguemtns solely based on what people "felt" God was saying or doing. I'm not saying it's wrong to be curious about things we dont' understand, but to presume we know all the facts about creation is preposterous. Some things are beyond our finite minds, and its best we accept that and just move on. OK personally, I felt that much of the conversation was filled with a bunch of willy nilly arguemtns solely based on what people “felt” God was saying or doing. I’m not saying it’s wrong to be curious about things we dont’ understand, but to presume we know all the facts about creation is preposterous. Some things are beyond our finite minds, and its best we accept that and just move on.

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