Reading the Bible Politically, Pt. 3

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If you should approach the scripture without the biases of the Revolution or Civil War, how should you approach it?

RECAP/TAKEAWAYS:

Read your Bible within a community.
Be afraid to be wrong in interpretation. Be humble!
Be aware of your own context.
What did this mean to the first readers? It can’t mean something to you that it didn’t mean to them. The original meaning guides your Interpretation.
Can you draw a straight line from the meaning of the text to the application?
How does the church today have the same Bible reading problems as the Revolution or Civil Wars?
- Our treatment of Scripture still hinges on the same issues:
  - Is there something special in God’s design for America? Or, is God’s special relationship with the church? (Covenantal relationship?)
  - Are we misreading end-times to justify our opinions today?
  - Are we parroting what other people are saying about issues and texts?
  - Are we interpreting the Bible individually granting our view of it the same or greater authority as tradition and history?
  - How do you see Romans 13?
  - Are we disregarding the image of God in people?
How could you read the Bible politically well?
- The Gospel is the good news that Jesus is King.
- If that is the message of the Bible, it IS political!

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