Today is a new day on Resident Strangers as Steve and Rich begin to cover topics outside of the doctrinal statement that Desert Springs holds. There are plenty of episodes to catch up on if you'd like to get through that first 😉 Rich references the very first episode of Resident Strangers in which theology in general was discussed. What is focused on today is the idea that sometimes systematic theology can cause issues in truly understanding scripture. When we start with doctrine and then take our doctrine to the Bible, we will see that doctrine in the Bible whether it is there or not. If we take the system to the Bible and let the system dictate, we can miss what the Bible is actually trying to say to us. In some ways we're no longer reading the Bible the way the first readers read it. Steve and Rich both give some specific examples of how this can happen when the system tries to influence scripture versus the other way around. Context is King! Unfortunately, a misunderstanding of how to study scripture is becoming more and more prevalent. Even Christians are allowing their thinking to be shaped more by theological systems than by scripture itself. Steve and Rich do their best to give more examples of how this happens and how to get back to the Bible and what it says. Join us next week as we discuss how to study the Bible!

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