In the past few days I’ve appreciated some posts on creation because I teach Old Testament at my college and these resources will help me communicate better. For one, I am an AOG pastor/teacher and seeing Brian’s post on the AOG’s new position paper on Creation was exciting. I have been very critical of my denomination in many areas, but this position paper is very refreshing. It seems we may actually be starting to think in our movement. It’s a radical thought.
Then, seeing a link to N.T. Wright’s thoughts on what “literal” means is a great help as well.
We need to understand the overall message of the Bible. We need to understand its literal intent rather than trying to prove our own meager points in our modern/postmodern world. My study of history shows that our meager attempts to do this only reflects on what German scholars tried to do in the 18th and 19th centuries, destroying the authority of the Bible in the process. Yet, many fundamentalists and evangelicals are trying to do the very same thing on the other end of the spectrum. It’s a dangerous path either way.
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