Rethinking the B.I.B.L.E.
For about the past year I have been challenged to rethink so many views, beliefs and opinions that I have held for a long time. There have been a number of contributing factors to this "rethinking" process that I have been going through and I can't remember what the first domino was that has set off this chain, but I felt this one was of key importance. Is the Bible our Instruction Manual? Have you ever heard of the Bible referred to as the B.I.B.L.E. or the Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth? While I realize this moniker has been considered helpful for Sunday School classes I feel that this may be a harmful nickname. I don't want to get overly philosophical, but I feel it is important for us to notice that if we view the Bible as our instruction manual then it becomes primarily about us. The purpose of an instruction manual is to tell you how to best use the device that the manual was written about. The instruction manual for my TV remote tells me how to prog