If you read books or articles about how to read the Bible, one thing that is always mentioned is “the plain reading of the text”. A plain reading is just what you think it is- the text means what it says.We take the text at face value. For example, “Jesus wept” means Jesus wept. On […]
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Reading Ruth
I had the opportunity to lead an group of folks in a discussion of the Book of Ruth. It’s not very long, Just 85 verses. It has a well known passage: “Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, […]
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