What it comes down to for Mark is an acknowledgment that when we read Scripture, we are always filtering it through a lens—or perhaps multiple ones. What does “love” mean to me? How is “justice” interpreted? What cultural biases do I impose when I read about biblical rules for women, or laws about food, or regulations about sex? What societal mores existed then? Mark explains, “I run into people all the time who say, ‘The Bible says . . .’ They never say, ‘ . . . as it has been translated and interpreted.’ There is no hermeneutical awareness, and you shouldn’t be able to get away with that. We
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