City on a Hill

Reading the Bible Politically, Pt. 3

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If you should approach the scripture without the biases of the Revolution or Civil War, how should you approach it?

RECAP/TAKEAWAYS:

  • Read your Bible within a community.
  • Be afraid to be wrong in interpretation. Be humble!
  • Be aware of your own context.
  • What did this mean to the first readers? It can’t mean something to you that it didn’t mean to them. The original meaning guides your Interpretation.
  • Can you draw a straight line from the meaning of the text to the application?
  • How does the church today have the same Bible reading problems as the Revolution or Civil Wars?
    • Our treatment of Scripture still hinges on the same issues:
      • Is there something special in God’s design for America? Or, is God’s special relationship with the church? (Covenantal relationship?)
      • Are we misreading end-times to justify our opinions today?
      • Are we parroting what other people are saying about issues and texts?
      • Are we interpreting the Bible individually granting our view of it the same or greater authority as tradition and history?
      • How do you see Romans 13?
      • Are we disregarding the image of God in people?
      • How could you read the Bible politically well?
        • The Gospel is the good news that Jesus is King.
        • If that is the message of the Bible, it IS political!

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