Mark, this was an excellent discussion in class and an excellent Monday morning follow up. I’ve never known a Christian that doesn’t struggle with this. It doesn’t matter if you are progressive Christian or a conservative Christian, there will be parts of scripture that are challenging to each of us and the temptation is to want to find a way around them. We have to continually seek God‘s wisdom, and to know that his ways are higher than our ways. When God reveals a truth to us, that we find challenging, we must be willing to follow and obey.
Mark, this was an excellent discussion in class and an excellent Monday morning follow up. I’ve never known a Christian that doesn’t struggle with this. It doesn’t matter if you are progressive Christian or a conservative Christian, there will be parts of scripture that are challenging to each of us and the temptation is to want to find a way around them. We have to continually seek God‘s wisdom, and to know that his ways are higher than our ways. When God reveals a truth to us, that we find challenging, we must be willing to follow and obey.