Growing In Grace

After my last post "Are We Biblical Relativists?" I received a few questions and concerns and so I wanted to clarify a few things. One question was that it sounds like I am removing the Holy Spirit's leading us by taking this view of the Bible. If you read the article, you will notice that I was very careful not to address the Holy Spirit's role in this issue (apart from His inspiring the writing of Scripture). My concern was/is how we approach reading our Bibles. What are our presuppositions, or what things are we taking for granted when we read our Bibles? Are we looking at it as a guide book, instruction manual, history book, etc? I wrote, "In my first post I argued that the Bible is primarily a written account of God's plan of redemption. God's chief concern in giving us the Bible was to reveal Himself to us as the Creator come to be our Savior." My point was and is that our view of the purpose of God's Word will shape how we use it . If the...

DISCLAIMER : My intention in writing this post is absolutely not to attack or cause offence or hurt feelings. I realize that many have been taught that we should look for confirmation of our plans from verses in the Bible. I felt compelled to write this because I am worried that we have been led down a dangerous path in how we are reading and applying the Scriptures. I hope that if this is your background you will patiently and prayerfully consider the following. If you see Scriptural support for looking for confirmation from Bible verses that you feel I am missing, I welcome your comments. Many of you probably have heard of Relativism, the philosophy that believes that truth is only true for the beholder. In other words, 'if its true for me, then it is my truth.' Out of Relativism was born Deconstructionism (sounds more complicated than it is). One popular view of Deconstructionism is that when we read a book, each of us view it through our own lenses of personal experience an...