tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post7820304172546370557..comments2023-10-04T18:01:43.464-05:00Comments on Dads Teach the Bible: Barriers to UnderstandingMike Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05971102076711413290noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post-41044791029380764712015-09-25T12:19:54.889-05:002015-09-25T12:19:54.889-05:00This is an excellent exhortation, and we can certa...This is an excellent exhortation, and we can certainly see an extreme example in the Jewish leaders' attitude toward Jesus being the Messiah - with tragic results for the Jewish nation.<br /><br />I think we can be quite sure they didn't realize that this was a presupposition; and we see there were a number of other forces at work in their lives. But Jesus challenged them to look at what He was doing and they would know He was the Messiah (assuming they knew their Bibles). He encouraged John the Baptist in the same way.<br /><br />But I think their example is a cautionary tale right along with what you are challenging us h, Mike.<br /><br />I heard a short radio clip this last week in conjunction with the Pope's visit concerning a Roman Catholic (I am assuming) who was a scientist. I can't quote it, but he said that as a scientist he was studying God, as God was essential in every field of science. <br /><br />And further, he said that he would always do science as God was transcendent. We can never get to the bottom of God. <br /><br />If I allow my "truths" from the Bible go unchallenged in some way (life and death has a great way of doing this very thing) they can so easily become hardened into views that limit my understanding since God is always bigger than my mind's capacity, let alone my understanding. Those can easily become convictions that bloc my ability to absorb a fuller, or even contrary truth.<br /><br />That's one reason I value "diggin' into it" Bible study with others, especially those who know me well enough to confront me and be more concerned with my welfare than being nice. That takes a lot of time and mutual interaction, but begins to pay off.<br /><br />You will need to speak to this, Mike, but I think I have heard you say, perhaps quote someone, in the past to the effect if I haven't changed a doctrine in the last (some period of time) I'd better check my pulse; I may be dead.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631165961382647198noreply@blogger.com