3.3: Deconstructing Our Theology (& Why That’s Not Heretical), ft Pastor Trey Ferguson

[@shattereddiamonds1751]

Rehumanizing the Bible is such a excellent thought. Context matters and the human element of the author’s of the Bible being human is important to remember within their unique cultures and circumstances. I agree this does not take away from God’s inspiration but rather helps us better understand how He works through humans, within their time and context. This is a encouraging thought ❤

[@TiffanyDawn]

Right?? I loved this interview so much!! Thank you for sharing this encouragement! :)

[@susanwright6168]

I think that it can be important or freeing to remember that God's ego is not wounded or harmed when we undergo a process of deconstruction/potential reconstruction. I think part of God's healthiness and wholeness is that They wouldn't need us to fully (ie "get it right") and perfectly understand in order to still have a meaningful relationship. It might be overly self-indulgent to view God this way, but I do think that God is more interested in delighting in and nurturing in our growth and progress across our life journey than in lording over us until we get to perfection and maintain that perfection across our finite lifetimes.

[@TiffanyDawn]

I love this perspective!! Thank you!!

[@picnictablesandaesopsfables]

Also, why do you think that Christians think that God doesn't reveal Himself outside the Bible? Why do you think Christians don't think God is bigger than our limited understanding? Why do you think Christians don't think God can speak to us personally in our own lives? Why do you think Christians think God is confined in any way? Because we don't.

[@picnictablesandaesopsfables]

I would take the eye witness accounts, understood from those who personally lived with Jesus and His revelation to them in their culture and time understood in their human understanding over what we can create and imagine now in thinking that we're in any way different and these truths are not the same or are no longer revealed in the same way. The truths and understanding are the same and are applied the same just as they were back then. Understanding context, culture and language are just as important. It doesn't make them any less true or applicable because we are living in a different time. God's truths don't change and examining the revelation from God's first appearance on earth in flesh is more applicable than what we can construct with our imaginations now.

[@picnictablesandaesopsfables]

But don't you think it's interesting that Jesus' whole life and ministry He never penned the Bible. He wanted us to learn about Him through human expression and human revelation

[@merg-vh5sx]

He quoted it constantly.

[@98939893]

She knows better than God, haha.

[@TiffanyDawn]

Not at all!! You should listen to the first two episodes- they give important background for this one :)

[@picnictablesandaesopsfables]

I think you need to take captive those imaginative thoughts and make them obedient to Christ. And stop creating your own image of God.

[@picnictablesandaesopsfables]

So thinking that we can know more than human expression is futile and egotistical. To think we can evolve out of and above the knowledge and understanding of the Bible is prideful and arrogant