Our Thursday night Bible study had a general discussion about contradictions in scripture and how we handle them - now next Thursday, 5/21, we'll discuss three big umbrella areas of Biblical interpretation/contrast, which are relevant or come up in our actual lives:
We chose these three topics as ones that all are relevant and may strike close to our own views on our identity, our behaviors, and our social views. We never really do read any of the topical verses completely in isolation, nor should we. So, when considering the individual topics and verses below, do any of these overarching verses/themes inform how you read and interpret the topics and specific verses? (Or what are yours?)
![]() WAR/PEACE/VIOLENCE Here is just a sampling of the spectrum of interpretation on this topic and the scriptures that support it (not in a particular order):
MONEY Here is just a sampling of the spectrum of interpretation on this topic and the scriptures that support it (not in a particular order):
SEX/GENDER (ROLES)/SEXUALITY Here is just a sampling of the spectrum of interpretation on this topic and the scriptures that support it (not in a particular order):
Some interesting resources/official denominational perspective:
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