God Has Chosen the Agenda of the Text
Posted by BryanJul 20
“God has chosen the agenda of the text, and we must be content with the wisdom of his choices. If we attempt to commandeer the text to address our issues, we distort it in the process.”
-John H. Walton, The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate, pg. 21.
5 comments
Comment by Jason on July 20, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Excellent quote!
Comment by tc robinson on July 22, 2009 at 8:10 am
Yes indeed! In fact, it should be applied to every text of Scripture.
Comment by Alicia on July 22, 2009 at 5:57 pm
You change the look of your blog more than anybody I know.
Comment by Bryan on July 22, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Alicia
I get bored with designs very quickly.
I haven’t forgotten about your last email by the way. I’ll be getting back to you
Comment by Ched on August 3, 2009 at 9:43 pm
“God has chosen the agenda of the text.”
That’s brilliant. I’ll be using this in the future. Thanks for passing it along!