08-06-2018, 06:32 PM
I thought I'd start a thread to suggest good reading. I found this book on Amazon titled "Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible" by E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien. IVP Press. It was interesting to read a book by American authors, that doesn't presume God is an American or that the western way of life is Gods idea.
The authors spent time as missionaries in Indonesia in a society that was more in line with God's than ours. They also brought out some of the failings in western Christianity but, I think the similarities with us ends there. They just couldn't help categorizing and ended with......wait for it.....YES, three things you can do. If you use your winnowing fork there are a few worthwhile moments.
The authors spent time as missionaries in Indonesia in a society that was more in line with God's than ours. They also brought out some of the failings in western Christianity but, I think the similarities with us ends there. They just couldn't help categorizing and ended with......wait for it.....YES, three things you can do. If you use your winnowing fork there are a few worthwhile moments.