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To: Talking_Mouse

There is a very unfortunate modern Christian narcissism, encouraged by topical sermons (”what does the Bible say is the secret to __________”) to study the Word from the wrong point of view. We don’t study it as a value in itself but for what our immediate payoff is. That’s tantamount to using it as a ouija board.


8 posted on 01/20/2008 5:28:22 PM PST by Zechariah11
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To: Zechariah11

VERY good point. It’s the old “inductive vs deductive” or “exegesis vs eisegesis.”


11 posted on 01/20/2008 6:12:12 PM PST by Terriergal ("I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace," Shakespeare)
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