tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484369930916568646.post4381249755807565328..comments2023-06-05T20:18:03.405+10:00Comments on ξενίζοντα: strange things: What on earth is the Bible for?Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01568321832243503832noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484369930916568646.post-11396420743615640822016-11-03T16:17:26.416+11:002016-11-03T16:17:26.416+11:00Geoff, Thanks for another exposition that ought to...Geoff, Thanks for another exposition that ought to be unnecessary in a church whose Reformers shed blood to preserve such an understanding of the Bible and to make the text available to people in their own languages. But interpretation is another thing...<br />Rodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484369930916568646.post-68452340948801603602016-10-28T08:03:27.341+11:002016-10-28T08:03:27.341+11:00Luke Timothy Johnson's words recognise what ev...Luke Timothy Johnson's words recognise what every reader looks for: an imaginative and personal interaction with the text. What more can we ask?Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815263209123614682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484369930916568646.post-9544288963508437842016-10-27T18:22:42.468+11:002016-10-27T18:22:42.468+11:00Sure. Very happy for it to be used. (And once on t...Sure. Very happy for it to be used. (And once on the blog it's a public document, so permission not needed, but I appreciated you asked.) I'd be interested to hear what reactions it might get. Geoff Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01568321832243503832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484369930916568646.post-5972649644339085232016-10-27T18:09:42.554+11:002016-10-27T18:09:42.554+11:00Thanks for this, Geoff. With your permission, I&#...Thanks for this, Geoff. With your permission, I'd like to draw my congregation's attention to this piece - not because they're in need of any kind of correction. Far from it! But I think this would be a nice reassurance that we're coming at scripture from the right direction.One point of the compasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18011874383535619133noreply@blogger.com