On not throwing the Bible out with the bathwater
Time: Sat 12:00PM
Venue: Portal
Style: Presentation
Content Type: engaging the Bible's difficult parts
Description: The urge to discard the Bible, partially or completely, can be strong. A downside to shelving the Bible is that communities of faith and expressions of faith can become detached, unmoored from what has been, through the centuries, revelatory and life-giving in the Bible.
So, is there a way to not throw the Bible out with the bathwater?
A resounding “yes” is the answer from Mark Biddle and Melissa Jackson, biblical scholars and professors at Sophia Theological Seminary.
To be sure, the bathwater is dirty—polluted by interpretations, interpreters, systems, institutions, and others that have not taken faithful care of this book entrusted to us all. For this very reason, the community of faith is needed, called even, to bring fresh, dynamic readings to the words inscribed on the page.
Drs. Biddle and Jackson invite you to a conversation about both the Bible and the bathwater. We will stir the water and raise some dirt, proposing (1) the Bible is not the word of God and (2) the Bible is descriptive, not prescriptive. We invite you to join in and stir up the dirt you see, whether it is clinging to the book or settling in the water around it.
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