Potential Dangers of ‘Applying Scripture to My Life’
“Faulty Assumptions…Assumption #1: I should start with me and my questions….Assumption #2: The Bible is (primarily) a collection of principles….Assumption #3: The goal of reading the Bible is improving my life.” - TGC
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I had a pastor about 20 years back who noted that one of the big pitfalls of funda-gelical theology is our tendency to jump to practical theology without working through basic exegesis, context, OT/NT theology, and systematics first. This article is IMO a "Cliffs Notes" version of that sort of thing.
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.
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