Colby's Blog – February 2013 Archive (3)

Reading and understanding the Bible can be a challenge. Often, we're not sure how its writings from 2,000 years ago apply to us today.   This article provides a helpful primer for how to read the Bible for all it's worth. A practical three-step process for proper biblical interpretation: 1) What did it mean then? 2) What is the timeless truth taught? 3) How does it apply to us today?

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The single greatest division that exists in Christianity today is arguably between two groups with fundamentally different ways of seeing and reading the Bible.

• Is the Bible the written "Word of God," or "a word about God?"
  
  
  
  

Traditional/Orthodox Christians: On one side, are traditional/orthodox…

        "God has given me this new life," said a thankful and courageous Malala, a 15-year-old Pakistani girl and victim of a Taliban assassination attempt.  "I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated."

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