Comments on: Biblical Understanding Through Community Experience http://www.alanhartung.com/2007/12/biblical-understanding-through-community-experience/ Faith, Art, Politics, and the Emerging Church Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tk http://www.alanhartung.com/2007/12/biblical-understanding-through-community-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-10404 tk Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:23:36 +0000 http://www.alanhartung.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/28/biblical-understanding-through-community-experience/#comment-10404 Good thoughts, Alan. I especially like this: "For me, it is the willingness to learn from the interpretations of those who are not like us that help us better understand the Scriptures." I would add a "layer," for lack of a better word, to your description. I believe some biblical understanding will be drawn out in the context of a one-on-one or one-on-two relationship. The fullness of an idea may fleshed by those of varying opinions. The day to day applicability may discussed in a small group. The actual practice and accountability to biblical principles, I believe, is best worked out in the smallest and usually closest of relationships. Good thoughts, Alan. I especially like this:

“For me, it is the willingness to learn from the interpretations of those who are not like us that help us better understand the Scriptures.”

I would add a “layer,” for lack of a better word, to your description. I believe some biblical understanding will be drawn out in the context of a one-on-one or one-on-two relationship.

The fullness of an idea may fleshed by those of varying opinions. The day to day applicability may discussed in a small group. The actual practice and accountability to biblical principles, I believe, is best worked out in the smallest and usually closest of relationships.

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