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Are you a Jew?
I know it has been a while since I last posted, so I am sorry for the delay but here is the next video in our series on “How to Read the Bible.” This is gonna lay some groundwork for our discussions as we look at some specific seemingly puzzling texts. By the way, the title is meant to be provocative, not offensive:)
What Did You Say?
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This video looks at how we read the bible. Do you approach the bible as something that you use to justify what you believe, or do you believe based on what the bible says? It is a fundamental question that sometimes we dont ask, but consider it as you watch this video.
Lost in Translation, Part 2
Last week, I wrote about the challenge of communicating relationally in the blogosphere. Now I will discuss the importance of applying this same principle in understanding the Christian faith.
Disclaimer: I do not believe Christianity can be fully communicated in this medium, but I do believe that some understanding can be obtained with hard work and patience. I certainly do not hold to an agnostic epistemology (belief that one cannot know truth or knowledge). However, there are relational limitations to this medium.
In truth, I am ecstatic to be confronted with these limitations! Here’s why…
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A New View on Worldview
Worldview thinking has been on my mind lately. Maybe it’s been on yours?
I’ve been reading Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept by James Sire (also author of The Universe Next Door). Sire became convinced that his definition of “worldview” was insufficient, and so he reworked it, wrote this book, and put out a new edition of The Universe Next Door. This book really struck a chord in me because I had a definition of “worldview” similar to Sire’s old one.
Everyone has a worldview. It may be a true, somewhat true, or false. Odds are, all our worldviews have many flaws. I used to think of a worldview as fundamentally a set of presuppositions. I believed worldview thinking was something mostly considered by professors in their “ivory towers.” But while a worldview certainly includes this, Sire’s new definition pushes against those boundaries:
“A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently or inconsistently), about the basic constitution of reality, and the provides the foundation on which we live and move and have our being” (122)
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