There are many who would say that there are no interpretations to be made in the Scripture. “Just read the words on the page, and do what they say” is a saying that typically accompanies this mindset. But what many don’t realize is that we’ve made an interpretation even before we’ve opened our Bibles. We made it at the bookstore when we picked out our favorite translation. Wikipedia (source of all knowl…
2 + 2 = 4 This, a formulaic approach to things, is how we like the world to work. There is no way that anyone could look at the equation and decide that the answer is 5, or 3, or 100. The answer to the question “What is two plus two?” will always be four. No questions. So why is it then that when two people sit down and read the same passage from the scriptures, they can come away with such rad…
I have a black leather bound Bible that I purchased at the Family Christian Book Store, and it goes with me everywhere I go. It’s in my messenger bag when I go to work. It’s in my backpack when I’m at school. It waits for me every morning at my kitchen table for my morning readings (more on this later). For as much as I am a tech geek, I never got next to reading my Bible on a screen. For some reaso…
All Scripture is God-Breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV When I grew up in a youth group, every conference or event we went to would inevitably have a speaker who would bang his or her fist on the pulpit and demand that we young people read the…
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. (Psalm 146:1-2) A few days ago a couple of friends and I got together to play music. We had been a band for a long time, and then took a break when we all started getting jobs and having families and other time consuming life events. But for one Saturday we gathered…
