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Reading the Scriptures Adequately and Accurately

Posted in Eugene Peterson, Quotes, The Bible on October 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »

“[I]n order to read the Scriptures adequately and accurately, it is necessary at the same time to live them. Not to live them as a prerequisite to reading them, and not to live them in consequence of reading them, but to live them as we read them….It means letting Another have a say in everything we are saying and doing. It is as easy as that. And as hard”1 – Eugene H. Peterson (Author of The Message Bible)

1 – Eat this Book: A conversation in the art of spiritual reading Copyright 2006 Eugene H. Peterson.

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Bible Written for Me

Posted in The Bible, tagged , on September 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »

For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written – 1st Corinthians 9:9-10a

The Bible, even the Old Testament, was written for us, not just for the people of that day.

It finds fulfillment in the followers of Christ and should always be read that way.

“These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.” – Hebrews 11:39-40

-fritz

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Biblical Assumptions

Posted in Dallas Willard, Quotes, The Bible, tagged on July 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »

“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” – Romans 15:4

The biblical viewpoint has always been that the scriptures were written not just for their times but for us, and written in such a way normal people could understand and be encouraged.

I was impressed by what philosophy professor Dallas Willard wrote concerning his own assumptions about the Bible:

“I assume that it was produced and preserved by competent human beings who were at least as intelligent and devout as we are today.”

“I assume that [God] did not and would not leave his message to humankind in a form that can only be understood by a handful of late-twentieth-century professional scholars, who cannot even agree among themselves on the theories that they assume to determine what the message is.”1

– fritz
1 – Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy (HarperCollins, 1998) 13.

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