Culture and the Bible Part 3 – “That was just cultural!” Does It Apply Today if it is “Cultural”?
Here is where the rubber meets the road on culture and the Bible…time to address something that has really had people tied up and also had people ignore various texts that shouldn’t have been ignored. My thesis has been – The Bible was written in a culture different than our own. And when you get […]
Culture & The Bible Part 2 – Mary, Martha, Honor and Shame
In my previous post on Culture and the Bible, I brought up the story of Mary and Martha. A few people brought up that I was misappropriating the text, reading meaning into it (which is the very thing I am saying not to do). And I want to use that as a launching point to […]
Culture & The Bible Part 1 – Becoming Aware Of How Our Culture Impacts How We Understand the Bible
This is the first post in a three part series on culture and the Bible. I am going to give you a passage from Luke 10 and I want you to answer this question – What is the problem? “38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where […]