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Saturday, August 4, 2018

On Reading the Bible Wrong

If you read the Bible and it makes you feel warm and cozy inside, you may be sure that you are reading it wrong. 
--a comment attributed to James A. Sanders by Beverly Roberts Gaventa, When in Romans: An Invitation to Linger with the Gospel according to Paul (Grands Rapids: Baker, 2016), 26 n. 5. Gaventa says she heard Sanders make this comment while she was a student at New York's Union Theological Seminary in the 1970s. According to Wikipedia, Gaventa received her MDiv from Union in 1973. 
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2 comments:

  1. Siegfried KreuzerMarch 28, 2020 at 4:47 AM

    This may be an adaptation of a saying that usually is adscribed to Mark Twain: "I am not worried about what I do not understand in the Bible. I am worried about what I do understand."

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  2. Ed GallagherMarch 28, 2020 at 8:34 AM

    Ha! Thanks!

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