So good!
It's interesting how many non-denominational church websites start their "about us" section with a statement on Biblical inerrancy. A statement on God and the gospel, like the historical creeds, is such a robust and God centered approach. I think that misplaced emphasis is telling. If inerrancy (and a specific definition thereof…
It's interesting how many non-denominational church websites start their "about us" section with a statement on Biblical inerrancy. A statement on God and the gospel, like the historical creeds, is such a robust and God centered approach. I think that misplaced emphasis is telling. If inerrancy (and a specific definition thereof) is the center of you hope and knowledge, it becomes difficult as you wade through Biblical scholarship (even conservative scholarship).
The conservative evangelical subculture and positions start to feel so hollow and privileged, and I think this is especially true for millenials (my generation) and younger.
Shifting the resurrection of Jesus to the center of hope allows room for exploration in other ideas, and charity to those who disagree. It ties us to something deep and historic when we consider the women and men God worked through to bear life and world changing witness to the death amd resurrection of the Messiah.
I went through a kind of de and reconstruction, though more just through being exposed to lots of Biblical scholarship in the last year and not so much a crisis of faith, so it felt a lot safer for me than whats going on in those with deeper frustrations.
So good!
It's interesting how many non-denominational church websites start their "about us" section with a statement on Biblical inerrancy. A statement on God and the gospel, like the historical creeds, is such a robust and God centered approach. I think that misplaced emphasis is telling. If inerrancy (and a specific definition thereof) is the center of you hope and knowledge, it becomes difficult as you wade through Biblical scholarship (even conservative scholarship).
The conservative evangelical subculture and positions start to feel so hollow and privileged, and I think this is especially true for millenials (my generation) and younger.
Shifting the resurrection of Jesus to the center of hope allows room for exploration in other ideas, and charity to those who disagree. It ties us to something deep and historic when we consider the women and men God worked through to bear life and world changing witness to the death amd resurrection of the Messiah.
I went through a kind of de and reconstruction, though more just through being exposed to lots of Biblical scholarship in the last year and not so much a crisis of faith, so it felt a lot safer for me than whats going on in those with deeper frustrations.