Jesse A. Schroeder

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...and Truth

I'm reading a short e-book on my iPod touch whenever I find myself sitting around (yes, I read in the bathroom) and one of the main points of the book is that if we read Scripture with a different emphasis, the meaning can totally change. A short quote:

"It’s even more than that. The truths revealed in and through Scripture and not independent objects. They’re not artifacts outside Plato’s cave waiting for us to climb to the surface. Instead, the truths emerge as we tell the story. Truth is narratively experienced and always contextual." (pg. 11)

The author has started getting into some stuff about "Transmillenialism" (which I haven't heard of, and am a little suspicious of right now) but the above idea corresponds with a very interesting post from the pastor of Disciples Fellowship in Alabama. He states,

"For many fidelity to scripture is not being true to what it actually says, but being true to an interpretation of what we were taught it says. To take the scriptures seriously for what they say, and to see another very reasonable way of understanding them, even in a small matter like how the disciples interacted with Jesus, then sounds like one is not being faithful to the teaching of scripture.

Unfortunately Christian history is littered with stories of how people came to hold as inspired particular interpretations, disallowed other plausible perspectives, and so eliminated the type of discussion that can actually lead to growth. Holding to interpretations is not the same as holding to scripture as inspired, while acknowledging the possibilities that the text itself allows."

So what story, what interpretation, what preconceived image of who God/Jesus/Spirit/life is am I holding onto in my own head/heart/mind/body? What truth do I need to betray in order to be more faithful to the Truth?