Please, indulge me in a brief rant.
Many times over the years I have heard comments about a
certain church “preaching the word of God” “is bible based” or “based on the word of God” or the
like. I have been to many different
Christian churches in my lifetime: Lutheran, Episcopal, Catholic, Baptist, Evangelical, Charismatic, Methodist, Mennonite, UCC, and probably
several I have forgotten. I don’t
think any of them would say they do not base their preaching and their worship
on the bible. They might not use
those exact words but scriptures are read and discussed and inform what they do. So, when someone says their church is
“bible based” or “ I preach what the bible actually says” what they are really
saying is, “my interpretation of the bible is right and
if anyone disagrees with me then they are wrong and not bible based.”
It could be the bible is not the book they should be reading
but rather the dictionary. Under
“H” for humility.
Thank you for indulging my rant. Go Royals!
(Thus making this a rant followed by a random non-sequitur. Didn’t want it to be nothing more
than a rant.)
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