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Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement
In Act 1 Scene 5 of Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, Hamlet says to his friend: “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
We often filter biblical content through certain presumptions and traditions
We often filter biblical content through certain presumptions and traditions
Traditions are not intrinsic to the Bible but rather systems that we have created to organize the Bible
Traditions are not intrinsic to the Bible but rather systems that we have created to organize the Bible
The Bible is a theological and literary mosaic with its meaning found in the completed mosaic
The Bible is a theological and literary mosaic with its meaning found in the completed mosaic
Psalm 82 presents the intersection between the unseen world and the human world
Psalm 82 presents the intersection between the unseen world and the human world
A Psalm of Asaph.
God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
they walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, like men you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”
Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall inherit all the nations!
We have been trained to believe that the history of Christianity is the true context of the Bible
We have been trained to believe that the history of Christianity is the true context of the Bible
The true context of the Bible is derived from those who actually wrote the Bible [2000 BC-100AD]
The true context of the Bible is derived from those who actually wrote the Bible [2000 BC-100AD]
We have been desensitized to the theological importance of the unseen world
We have been desensitized to the theological importance of the unseen world
We often assume that there are things in the Bible that are just too weird to matter [See 1 Peter 3: 18-21]
We often assume that there are things in the Bible that are just too weird to matter [See 1 Peter 3: 18-21]
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
There will be some internal conflict because of new information being presented
There will be some internal conflict because of new information being presented