tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post114954619637998633..comments2023-09-12T11:31:50.064-05:00Comments on Kingdom Come: One more voicePastor Rodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00219078094185232711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post-1149689915584679892006-06-07T09:18:00.000-05:002006-06-07T09:18:00.000-05:00Adam,There really is no way around a preacher doin...Adam,<BR/><BR/>There really is no way around a preacher doing interpretation. I think the point Fitch is making is that it needs to be done a) in the context of life in the Church, b) with humility, acknowledging that it is interpretation and not "the exact words of the Bible without any human philosophy," and c) without the false security of expository preaching that communicates that "this is Pastor Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219078094185232711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post-1149689209967283342006-06-07T09:06:00.000-05:002006-06-07T09:06:00.000-05:00So Fitch (and yourself?) would agree with the idea...So Fitch (and yourself?) would agree with the idea that interpretation before the sermon can be done individually?sofysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376113720256043376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post-1149614426475754632006-06-06T12:20:00.000-05:002006-06-06T12:20:00.000-05:00Adam,You read Alastair correctly (or at least the ...Adam,<BR/><BR/>You read Alastair correctly (or at least the same way I do.) But there are two separate issues here, and this has led to some of our confusion.<BR/><BR/>There is the interpretation that is done "before the preaching" and there is the resolution of different ideas of what the text is saying.<BR/><BR/>For Fitch, it is essential that that resolution be done in community without the Pastor Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219078094185232711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22617239.post-1149610679441675362006-06-06T11:17:00.000-05:002006-06-06T11:17:00.000-05:00It appears that Alastair is attempting to say that...It appears that Alastair is attempting to say that one can only interpret Scripture when with a community?<BR/><BR/>Even from this quote it wouldn't necessarily have to be concluded that Alastair suggests that interpretation must always be done by the community, but only that the interpreter must be in a relationship with a community.<BR/><BR/>Meaning that he could be advocating that a person sofysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376113720256043376noreply@blogger.com