Comments on: Is iTunes changing the way we read scripture?

By: revcoolaspooh

revcoolaspooh — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:27:33 +0000

A phrase that has always stuck with me is “A text without a Context can be a Subtext for anything”. Throughout church history people have manipulated the sacred text for their own devices. The sacred scriptures need to be defended and cherished.

By: yesarepetsde

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By: Shay

Shay — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:45:03 +0000

It seems to me that the preacher’s job is to communicate the gospel. (Duh, right?) What does that mean? I think it means encouraging then challenging then encouraging then challenging. It’s getting people to look up to God and be encouraged and then to look around at others and be challenged to love them. It’s an upward cycle of love and holiness! The hope is that God’s Kingdom is here. The challenge is that God’s Kingdom is yet to come and we are to facilitate that coming. The hope is that Christ is risen. The challenge is that he is coming back. The hope is that there IS hope. The challenge is that we might have to wait for it.

By: John

John — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:10:14 +0000

You are right that the christians we view as christians do that quite often. But you also got to understand that a Pastor would rather give people hope than to turn it down. Now what they don’t realize is this. If they read the context that it didn’t happen for years to come and giving someone hope and that hope is delinquished when what they hope for isn’t achieved when the congregation wants it.

Did you get what I said? I think I got toungue twisted. How can I put it easy? Pastors give hope because they feel that is there obligation and calling. They leave out portions to do this. THen the congregations hope dwindles because it was a false hope because the prosperity didn’t come for years on end.

Is that better?

This is why I like John 14-16 Now I said chapters so this isn’t a typo. John 14-16 can some up the entire book because it reviews the whole thing. Yet as you said there are still many things left out but I can live off of John 14-16 because of a verse in that passage says if we abide in Christ and he in us and we in the father. Then what ever we petition for will be given. Now remember if Christ is abiding in us do you thing for one second our petition would be for a new T.V? NO NO NO! If Christ is in us we pray the petitions Christ would have prayed. Pkus we would Love like Christ Loved…

Now people take that GOd will give us the desires of our hearts but they always neglect ” If you remain in Christ…” People like there flesh too much to remain in God and that is why you don’t see God work that much miracles. Plus we put God in a time box. If God can’t work in an hour and 45 minutes then we don’t want that church. What happened to good ol’ wait on God?

WAIT ON GOD

WAIT ON GOD…

What A concept…

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:18:23 +0000

That’s probably one of the biggest things that I learned in my class on Matthew is the importance of context and how the verses surrounding the verse you are looking at are important to understanding the verse. Today’s Christians are too quick to drop a verse, sort of like name dropping, without really understanding the full context of what the writer and God is attempting to convey in the passage.

See you soon (as in a few hours soon!)

By: gregarthur

gregarthur — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:00:34 +0000

I certainly don’t hold iTunes responsible either. It is more of a symptom than a cause.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:34:50 +0000

I really don’t hold iTunes responsible for that proof-texting tendency…but I see your point. Thanks for the history on the U2 song. I’m a quasi-fan but didn’t know that story.

We’ve been taking scriptures out of context quite freely since they were first uttered/written!

But we’re definitely a sound-bite culture with no time for the unabridged version of anything. Thanks for the reminder.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:08:00 +0000

American Christians seem to be good at missing the big picture. We are great at looking for an “easy button” of faith because of the reality of our own captivity.

It is interesting that the promise for the future told in Jeremiah’s letter is made in light of the people’s past disobedience. How did they end up in exile? They didn’t trust God.

And the cycle continues today…