It was a beautiful day and, as is my custom, I talked to God as I walked. I asked God these sorts of questions: How is it that some Christians, genuine Christ followers, can live out their lives with merely a static understanding of Scripture? How is it that they can think their views strongly uphold biblical authority when in fact (at least from my perspective) they severely diminish it? How is it that they can so vigorously commend the “face value” instructions of the Bible without exploring what an ultimate ethic ought to look like in human relationships? How can they claim that their
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