This is a common question. If I’ve been asked it once, I’ve been asked it a thousand times. A hundred years ago it wouldn’t have been much of a question. The King James Version was then about three hundred years old and held absolute sway in the English speaking world. That ship has sailed, however. […]
Communication is Key
May 7, 2015 By
Studies have shown that if you have 4-6 pre-marital counseling sessions prior to marriage, you are 50% less likely to ultimately divorce. This is a remarkable statistic. Especially when you consider that those pre-marital sessions are conducted by someone like me. Why is pre-marital counseling so important and helpful in laying the groundwork for marital […]
Is It Possible to Understand the Bible?
April 30, 2015 By
In my last post I took up the topic of interpretation. We considered the interpretive philosophy of Supreme Court justices as they interpret the US Constitution. Let’s now turn our attention to what is ultimately a more significant task: interpreting the Bible. The Bible is a big book, made up of 66 smaller books, written […]
One Night Event: Mt. Pleasant hosts Fixed Point Foundation! May 6th, 7pm
April 29, 2015 By
Come join us at 7pm, May 6th, as we host Larry Taunton and the Fixed Point Foundation! I have often begun a sermon illustration with the phrase, “My friend Larry Taunton….” Larry and I got to know one another through our doctoral studies. For some unaccountable reason, he liked me. I really liked him, for […]
The Importance of Interpretation
April 23, 2015 By
In 1987 there was a giant flap in the United States Senate over the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. The problem with Bork? He was a self-declared originalist as regards constitutional interpretation. His philosophy of law was that a judge should seek to understand the original intent of the framers of the […]
