Kevin Jamison told me that if I didn't update my blog, he would remove me from his links list on his blog . . . so here is an update.
I have one thought that has been popping up over the past week, but I'm not quite done thinking it through, aka it's not ready for the blogging world.
Then i started on this second one, got two paragraphs in, and realized it was REAL confusing and not quite saying what I wanted. Here is the basics. Our SOLE vehicle for interpreting and living life is the Lord. He does this through his holy scriptures, by the power of the Holy Spirit, and all because of grace that is according to His perfect and good will for His glory. Any man created works HAVE TO BE analyzed and interpreted using the scriptures if they are to be deemed valid and useful. All other logic and methods and techniques are useless. It's as simple as that. I don't care if it's a four hundred year old confession or the latest hot book with the "real" secret to Christianity. The moment we begin to label or otherwise let outside impressions influence our objective, scripturally based evaluation, we crack open the door to let in everything from slight mis-statements to blatent heresy.
Simple and easy aren't the same thing. Christ is the author and perfecter of our faith, every understanding passes through Him. Simple. He's smarter than me so he MUST be right. Easy. I think it's clear which is truth and which is just plain ridiculous. We clearly don't so drastically get influenced, however the simplification helps illustrate the core point.
Oh, random final thought. I was thinking about things today, evaluating in my head and running through arguments, when I noticed something. My thoughts and analysis was progressing as if I was writing all of it into my blog, clarifying points based on whether a reader would be able to follow me. I don't know if that is good or bad, and I don't think I do it often. It just is.
K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple, Stupid
