Throughout my writing, I happily treat the Scripture as free of error, yet culturally embodied, subject to my own misinterpretation, & containing many statements & ideas that SEEM weird, difficult, & even wrong that cause me to say, "here is truth, but I don't yet get it." 1/
2/ But when I think, "okay, this just seems wrong," it's not because I believe it is, but because I'm trying to apply the analogy of faith, seeking to see how it fits with the Scripture's overarching presentation of God in all His love, purity, compassion, and generosity.
3/ As a result, there are many passages I have come to understand by listening to others who are very different from me, outside of my own tradition and social location, allowing them to peel away assumptions I did not know I had.
Yet there are other passages I still am
Yet there are other passages I still am
4/ unable to square. These, again, I hold to be true, but I simply don't know what the truth is. And I'm okay with that.
But I refuse to use such passages as polemical weapons to marginalize others, especially when they're hard to understand in light of much more clear passages
But I refuse to use such passages as polemical weapons to marginalize others, especially when they're hard to understand in light of much more clear passages
5/5 and overarching themes and messages, hoping that with prayer and study I will fully grasp God's goodness in them in time.
You won't catch me engaging in debates over words, phrases, and sentences I just don't yet get.
In case anyone was wondering, hahaha.
You won't catch me engaging in debates over words, phrases, and sentences I just don't yet get.
In case anyone was wondering, hahaha.
6/5 As an addendum, some will say I'm just refusing to "submit" to such difficult passages because of my own sin and my own cultural embodiment, to which I reply, okay, I'm sure that is true in some cases. And it's true of you as well. But what else is a brother to do?
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