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October 07, 2026
Living & Loving in the Tension of Faith
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I posted a simple thought about scriptural authority on Facebook the other day:
“I believe in the authority of scripture. What I question is the authority of your interpretation.”
This is a thought I’ve had many times, but what brought this out was a particular response to an essay I shared where a woman accused me of thinking “the God of the Bible is evil” and of “Man judging God vs God judging Man.” This sort of accusation is nothing new. A former pastor of mine commended me for being a “Contrarian in the Best way possible.” I’m a contrarian because I ask from a position of faith, “Did God really say?” Too often, the answer is no, God didn’t say that; our tradition or personal interpretation did. Almost always, in this case, I get accused of judging God rather than judging a position as not being rooted in God.
The reality, though, is that I do believe passionately in God and in the authority of Scripture. When one says that, there is often pushback from a different ideological camp. A camp that rejects God and Scripture. In my limited experience, the most ardent of these are people who have been hurt, even abused, by either the church corporately or individuals who loudly proclaim their Christianity....
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The first four books of the Bible’s New Testament are the gospel accounts according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the synoptic gospels because of their similar presentation style of the elements of the gospel message. Each Gospel gives an account of the life of Jesus Christ and the way of salvation. The Bible, the sacred text for Christians, is a collection of texts that includes the law, history, prophecy, and wisdom literature of the Hebrew Scriptures (the Old Testament) and accounts of Jesus’ life and the formation of the church along with letters to churches (the New Testament). The Bible reveals God’s relationship to humanity through history. Many Christians believe that these holy scriptures are “God-breathed,” or inspired in a way that makes it God’s divine self-revelation to humanity (2 Timothy 3:16). The gospel authors capture the truth of the gospel message including God’s great love and purpose for humanity....
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