Liminal Living
Liminal Living
Dr. Thomas J Rundel
S2 E27: Tom Rundel: The Bible Says... Why I don't say that anymore
53 minutes Posted Oct 17, 2023 at 10:56 pm.
Introductions
I Don’t say, “The Bible Says” anymore
The Tabernacle Narrative
Kings and Temples Narrative
Babylon, Persia, and Greece! Oh My!
Rome, Herod, and Second Temple
It’s the end of the world as we know it
Theology: Our static Temple
Theology: our elitist and and exclusive Temple
Theology: our abusive Temple
LGBTQ+ texts vs Greed, Power, Corruption texts
Abusive Church Growth Tactics
The Bible says, says more about you than the Bible
Tables instead of Temples
Conclusions
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Have you ever had someone use the phrase, “Well, the Bible says…” to correct you? But then they dismiss other things the Bible says with a “yeah, but…” Who we offer our “yeah but” comments to and who we hard line with “the Bible says” reveals more about the one using the phrase than it does the Bible.
Today I talk about why I no longer use the phrase, “The Bible says…” and how it is often a signal of a theology that is static, exclusive, elitist, or abusive. This summarizes some of the things I learned from the last 4 interviews I did. To get there we meander through the historical narrative flow of the old and new testaments. So if you have ever struggled to make sense of what the Bible is saying, and why, it might help to understand the story.
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