Sublime

If we get the context wrong, we’ll get Jesus wrong as well.

If we get the context wrong, we’ll get Jesus wrong as well.

When church becomes a club, parables become pedestrian.

When church becomes a club, parables become pedestrian.

Lack of education is not the same thing as hatred; misinformation is not the same thing as slander.

Lack of education is not the same thing as hatred; misinformation is not the same thing as slander.

Sunday morning has become in far too many settings the occasion for a pep talk rather than provocation;

Sunday morning has become in far too many settings the occasion for a pep talk rather than provocation;

There’s an old saying in biblical studies (I first heard it from Ben Witherington III) that a text without a context is just a pretext for making it say anything one wants.