Seized By Truth Reading The Bible As Scripture Is Written

Seized by Truth: Reading the Bible as Scripture is written by Joel Green, a New Testament scholar, and Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Prof. Green, has participated and contributed greatly on a wide range of topics related to both New Testament scholarship and theology. In Green’s book, he states Reading the Bible as you would read any other book does not support a reading of the Bible as Scripture (2). â€Å"This way of engaging the Bible cannot sustain the people of God† and is not the same as reading Scripture, no matter how well planned (2). This point is interesting for ordinary Christians, because for so long ordinary Christians have confused memorization with†¦show more content†¦Reading the text as if it were addressed to God’s people in all times and places, would help us to â€Å"make ourselves at home and allow the texts to shape us† (61). Under resources, Green states that theological disciplines must be put back together. This would include seminary curricula and the â€Å"practices of Christian formation such as corporate worship, instruction, prayer and hospitality† (63). To help with the task of putting these disciplines back together Green points to some needed resources (65). First, reading Scripture must be ecclesially located. â€Å"For those seriously interested, an important practice is to cultivate interpreting Scripture with others who share the posture of standing under† (66). Standing under implies that the bible based material need their origin and structuring inside the community of God’s people (66). Second, reading Scripture must be theologically shaped in making sure that the old Testament and New Testament interpretation is incomprehensible without each other (79). Thirdly, reading Scripture must be seriously involved in discerning the varieties of possible readings of other biblical texts (89). Lastly, reading Scripture must be Spirit filled. â€Å"To invite the Holy Spirit into the interpretive process is to deny our autonomy as readers ofShow MoreRelatedThe s Confessions By Augustine Dismisses The Aeneid1653 Words   |  7 Pageshave any significance in one’s life. The Aeneid is not the only text Augustine disregards in his explanation of his life. Many years after reading the Aeneid, he reads Aristotle’s Ten Categories. The text’s inability to benefit Augustine had to do with the fact that Augustine’s â€Å"conception of [God] was a lie, not truth† (Conf. 4.29), as a result of his reading the text. He questions how he could possibly benefit from the text when it was â€Å"an obstacle† (Conf. 4.29), to his faith. Once again, like withRead MoreExploring The Historical And Cultural Context Of The Passage4128 Words   |  17 Pagestemptations every day and it is easy to fall into what could be harmful to a relationship with God. It becomes difficult to live a Christian life when the culture in which one lives is full of needs, desires, and ideas that are so contrary to what the Bible teaches. During the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, he also went through a few temptations at the hand of the devil. He endu red these temptations and persevered righteously in spite of them. A few lessons can be learned by how Jesus handled these temptationsRead MoreChristian Ethics3677 Words   |  15 Pagesbasis for ethical decisions, as well as four new appendixes addressing drugs, gambling, pornography, and birth control. The author has significantly updated his discussion of abortion, biomedical ethics, war, and ecology and has expanded the selected readings, bibliography, and glossary. Christian ethics is well summarized by Colossians 3:1-6: â€Å"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things aboveRead MoreNew World Order in Conspiracy Theory13987 Words   |  56 Pagesa list of the major ones in relatively chronological order:[26] End Time For over 2,000 years,  apocalyptic  millenarian  Christian  theologians and laymen have feared a globalist conspiracy as the fulfillment of  prophecies  about the end time in the  Bible, specifically in the  Book of Ezekiel, the  Book of Daniel, the  Olivet discourse  found in the  Synoptic Gospels, and the  Book of Revelation. They assert that human and  demonic  agents of the  Devil  are involved in a primordial plot to deceive humanity into