Description: Theology, apologetics, ramblings
A friend and former student contacted me this week. He had listened to a lecture I delivered a few years ago at a conference in Rockford, Illinois. (Unrelated: the conference there is held annually , and if you can make it, it is well worth your time and money.)
After listening to what I said, he requested some clarification on this point: how much should we allow our theology to shape our reading of the Bible? Is there wisdom in coming to the text with no preconceptions, so that we can read it more accurately?
The text below is from that reply, reproduced here in the hopes that someone else might find it helpful.