How To Interpret the Bible

July 30, 2024.Reading time 4 minutes.

By Ian Wilson (G) To begin to interpret the Bible, we must first read and understand it on it’s own terms. We cannot bring our modern, Westernized sensibilities to the text. We cannot bring to the text a meaning which the authors did not intend. We cannot bring modern, textual criticism to the text, the way we […]

Shut up, Jesus!

June 18, 2024.Reading time 6 minutes.

By Ian Wilson I frequently see this sentiment expressed that we, as Christians, should “follow Jesus, not just the Bible” or that we should “unhitch ourselves from the Old Testament” or even that we “follow Jesus, not Paul”. In Roman Catholic or Orthodox circles, I hear it expressed as “Jesus established a church, not a […]

It’s All Greek to Me

January 9, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

What scriptures belong in the Bible? Why is the Protestant canon smaller than the Catholic canon? This article is an attempt to answer, or at least discuss these questions.