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We often write here about the importance of CONTEXT whenever one is reading, speaking about, or especially interpreting Scripture. The following article does a good job of pointing out these nuances.

Context, Context, Context

Christians can be guilty of making pithy statements of a theological nature that require a lot of explanation for the phrase to be accurate. If an explanation is not offered, we are sometimes demanding a lot of the reader to put all the pieces together. And readers aren’t always in a generous mood, especially if they have a certain negative predisposition towards the person they are reading.

Context is the friend of theology and biblical interpretation. Sometimes we hear the phrase, “God hates the sin but loves the sinner,” and wonder what to think. To make sense of this statement one would have to have a sophisticated understanding of how this can be both true and false or the different senses in which the statement may be true or false. Read More…