Comments on: Reading The Fidelity of Betrayal: Betraying the Bible http://adammoore.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/reading-the-fidelity-of-betrayal-betraying-the-bible/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Adam Moore http://adammoore.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/reading-the-fidelity-of-betrayal-betraying-the-bible/#comment-821 Adam Moore Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:41:06 +0000 http://adammoore.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-821 Yes, this is a very good point Mark. I agree. Rollins is not merely suggesting that we wrestle with the text. He is also suggesting that there may be, and perhaps should be, times when we do betray the intention of the authors, in order to obey, follow, love the God behind the words of the text, the true Word. Thanks for pointing this out. Yes, this is a very good point Mark. I agree. Rollins is not merely suggesting that we wrestle with the text. He is also suggesting that there may be, and perhaps should be, times when we do betray the intention of the authors, in order to obey, follow, love the God behind the words of the text, the true Word.

Thanks for pointing this out.

]]> By: Mark Hobbs http://adammoore.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/reading-the-fidelity-of-betrayal-betraying-the-bible/#comment-820 Mark Hobbs Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:54:52 +0000 http://adammoore.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-820 I have a lot of issues with the Bible. On one hand, I think Rollins is very persuasive when he says that the Bible is exactly what we should expect as the result of an encounter with a God that is beyond our comprehension. On the other hand, I think it is very convenient to dismiss the problems in the text as "issues to be wrestled with". Ultimately, though, his use of the word "betray" indicates to me that he is suggesting far more than an intellectual curiousity with the text (and its inconsistencies). His use of that word suggests to me that he doesn't look past the real problems within the text, but truly wrestles with them, and that he is willing to burn the thing if that is where the struggle leads. I have a lot of issues with the Bible.

On one hand, I think Rollins is very persuasive when he says that the Bible is exactly what we should expect as the result of an encounter with a God that is beyond our comprehension.

On the other hand, I think it is very convenient to dismiss the problems in the text as “issues to be wrestled with”.

Ultimately, though, his use of the word “betray” indicates to me that he is suggesting far more than an intellectual curiousity with the text (and its inconsistencies). His use of that word suggests to me that he doesn’t look past the real problems within the text, but truly wrestles with them, and that he is willing to burn the thing if that is where the struggle leads.

]]> By: Adam Moore http://adammoore.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/reading-the-fidelity-of-betrayal-betraying-the-bible/#comment-819 Adam Moore Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:23:40 +0000 http://adammoore.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-819 I think it's a matter of reading the Bible for what it is, and not reading it for what it is not. It is a text about encounter with God. It is to be a text that transforms us. I think it’s a matter of reading the Bible for what it is, and not reading it for what it is not.

It is a text about encounter with God. It is to be a text that transforms us.

]]> By: Amy http://adammoore.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/reading-the-fidelity-of-betrayal-betraying-the-bible/#comment-818 Amy Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:33:18 +0000 http://adammoore.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-818 I wasn't quite sure where this was going at first, but after reading it through (what a concept!) I think I like it. I know "like" is an ambiguous term, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. I wasn’t quite sure where this was going at first, but after reading it through (what a concept!) I think I like it. I know “like” is an ambiguous term, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

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