Well stated. Another thing we were never meant to do was to break the Bible up into thousands of individual verses to be dissected outside of the context of the text that surrounded them.
Side note: I asked ChatGPT what historical figure I most resembled based on what it knew about me, and it said.... Ignatius of Loyola. Go figure.
Ignatius did not write from a comfortable office. He wrote in chains, knowing exactly where the road was taking him. That changes how you read every word.
Well stated. Another thing we were never meant to do was to break the Bible up into thousands of individual verses to be dissected outside of the context of the text that surrounded them.
Side note: I asked ChatGPT what historical figure I most resembled based on what it knew about me, and it said.... Ignatius of Loyola. Go figure.
Yes. I often point to the “Faith Alone” verse, which is printed on mugs and t-shirts when the actual verse is “Not by faith alone."
That’s really cool; I don’t know much about Ignatius of Loyola. Sounds like there might be an article there you should write!
Well I don't know about that, but I did write an essay on verses being taken out of context. :)
https://www.theredeemedsecondhalf.com/p/youre-not-looking-for-truth-youre
Ignatius did not write from a comfortable office. He wrote in chains, knowing exactly where the road was taking him. That changes how you read every word.