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The first motivation could be called political: If you can't or won't understand the Bible, others surely will interpret it for you. The second could be called cultural or literary: Within this culture you can't be fully literature or creative, artistically or rhetorically, without an acquaintance with the Bible. But now we come to the third and most personal reason: You also can't be spiritually mature or wise simply by rejecting the Bible as oppressive. The oppressive uses of the Bible are rea
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― Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals
― Understanding the Bible: An Introduction for Skeptics, Seekers, and Religious Liberals
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God works creatively with already existing realities to bring about newness. This understanding also entails the idea that the present (and future) is not wholly determined by the past; God does bring the "new" into existence. [...] God also creates in and through creaturely activity.
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― God and World in the Old Testament: A Relational Theology of Creation
― God and World in the Old Testament: A Relational Theology of Creation
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