[Zezima]

Originally Posted by Usefull

Hello again,

I find it very interesting how many times I’m finding that ministry just takes single verses out of the whole chapter and then takes another half verse from somewhere else, to use as a proof text of such and such teachings that they are trying to impress on others. (Just see every singe article on shepherding word for examples). Since I started doing more deeper study of the Bible in context of the whole chapter, it’s been fascinating how many things come up in question from what I’ve been told. I read this quote online not to long ago,

“A text without a context is a pretext for a proof text."

which is so true to me now that I am going on this journey, to see how many times this application is used, especially in HWMRs. It’s when the verses are truncated, or chapters of a whole dialogue or self explaining passages are pruned of its true meaning, then personal interpretation is inserted to change the context. It’s totally worth every hour spent to trace this phenomenon. It’s liberating, once you are able to drop the old concepts that have been imbedded in you.

BTW, I’m one of those people who still has a presence of mind to not be a total sheeple when it comes to holidays, so for those of you who are not chauvinistic to Local Church’s stand, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

This would be categorized as hermeneutics in the Christian theological field. Check it out, and explore the ways that the Bible is interpreted