All scripture is given by divine inspiration, and is profitable for doctrinal controversies, for reproof of political enemies, for correction of those who see not things as dost thou, for instruction in making others attain unto thine own man-made standard of righteousness, that the polemic disputer of this age may be perfect, thoroughly furnished with convenient and quotable material to use at his pleasure. – 2 Timothy 3:16-17, pulled out of context and twisted
I have entitled this blog “search the scriptures,” because it is with the aim of searching the scriptures that all this stuff gets written. But sometimes I get the urge to write something about an issue that I don’t have scripture references for. In the past, I’ve tried to limit myself in how many of those non-scripturish posts I’ve made, but now I’ve found a solution. Whenever I write a post that I don’t have a scriptural passage for, I’ll just make a passage fit. Preachers have been doing that for ages anyhow, so I thought I might join in. So now, when from time to time I have a post, like this one, I’ll just pull one out of context and twisted. Of course, pulling scripture out of context and twisting it can be quite deceptive, so I’ll make sure to note when I’m doing it deliberately, and hopefully I’ll be able to avoid altogether doing it by accident.
And if the verse at the top of one of these articles that I’m pulling out of its proper place looks strange to you, go ahead and look up the reference in an actual Bible. That way I get the joy of starting every post with a Bible quote, whether it fits or not, and you get the joy of learning more.
I will always make sure to point out when I am doing this to Bible verses, because the word of God is important to me, and I seek to confuse no one about it. In fact, if you like, you can consider the use of these twisted verses a silent protest against the urge that lies within us to make the Bible say what we want it to say rather than to listen to what it does say.
new policy for this blog
All scripture is given by divine inspiration, and is profitable for doctrinal controversies, for reproof of political enemies, for correction of those who see not things as dost thou, for instruction in making others attain unto thine own man-made standard of righteousness, that the polemic disputer of this age may be perfect, thoroughly furnished with convenient and quotable material to use at his pleasure. – 2 Timothy 3:16-17, pulled out of context and twisted
I have entitled this blog “search the scriptures,” because it is with the aim of searching the scriptures that all this stuff gets written. But sometimes I get the urge to write something about an issue that I don’t have scripture references for. In the past, I’ve tried to limit myself in how many of those non-scripturish posts I’ve made, but now I’ve found a solution. Whenever I write a post that I don’t have a scriptural passage for, I’ll just make a passage fit. Preachers have been doing that for ages anyhow, so I thought I might join in. So now, when from time to time I have a post, like this one, I’ll just pull one out of context and twisted. Of course, pulling scripture out of context and twisting it can be quite deceptive, so I’ll make sure to note when I’m doing it deliberately, and hopefully I’ll be able to avoid altogether doing it by accident.
And if the verse at the top of one of these articles that I’m pulling out of its proper place looks strange to you, go ahead and look up the reference in an actual Bible. That way I get the joy of starting every post with a Bible quote, whether it fits or not, and you get the joy of learning more.
I will always make sure to point out when I am doing this to Bible verses, because the word of God is important to me, and I seek to confuse no one about it. In fact, if you like, you can consider the use of these twisted verses a silent protest against the urge that lies within us to make the Bible say what we want it to say rather than to listen to what it does say.
Cheers!
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