Context: The Key to True Understanding
Last week, I took five of our older grandchildren (ages 13-16) to dinner to discuss communism, socialism, and the democratic/free market system and what Jesus might think of each. After teaching for about five minutes, one of our grandchildren asked a question.
I don’t remember the question, but I asked a question of my own, that got instant laughs from everyone. “Do you want the short answer or the long answer?” They all laughed because everyone in our family knows they’re always going to get the long answer from me. Why?
Because short answers, without context will rarely lead to real understanding.
To illustrate the importance of context, I told them this humorous story before I went any further.
I don’t remember the question, but I asked a question of my own, that got instant laughs from everyone. “Do you want the short answer or the long answer?” They all laughed because everyone in our family knows they’re always going to get the long answer from me. Why?
Because short answers, without context will rarely lead to real understanding.
To illustrate the importance of context, I told them this humorous story before I went any further.
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