When I began reading the Bible as a late-teen, I had no idea what to look for or what to think, other than, “I really want to get this right. I want to know the truth and I want to live it and tell other people what the truth is.” I was in my own …
Principles Before Personalities
Our class was asked by our professor to consider the influence the Bible has had on our lives/not, and to identify ways our social location and disposition towards the Bible affects the meaning we derive from a favorite Biblical text. Hmmm… Because my family has always been religious, the bible has been the idealized authority …