Dave

Thanks for your comments Frank!

I want to stress that I agree with everything that you and Cheryl have said regarding this topic of the place of scripture. I confess that I am confused at this point by both your comments as they have included lots of ‘additional’ clarifying type information. I am sensing that warning bells are going off in people’s kephales, so I will try to clarify because I percieve a need to do so! Perhaps I am wrong in this and therefore run the risk of appearing overly defensive! Perhaps we are just not quite on the same page? If you think I am saying something wrong, please tell me – I love the truth!

I think I have been clear in my interaction on this blog that I hold scriptural truth in the highest regard! It contains all the truth necessary to lead one to salvation. Whenever I have not been joking around(!), I have been presenting arguments from scripture and interacting with them. I love the truth of scripture! 🙂

There are, however, some things that I believe scripture was not designed to do. One is to be the means for salvation, and the other is to be the deep, personal, loving relationship I should have with Jesus. I have heard it held up as both, on numerous occasions.

Frank, I do not know exactly what words the person who accused you of being a Bibliolater said, but I believe my stance is in line with what you said in reply to him. My words might remind you of his words, they might even have been the same – perhaps I would also agree with him, I do not know. I do not know what you said that caused him to say what he said to you! I have found that this topic is very hard to get people to hear what exactly is being said, especially when people have bad experiences with liberal theologians. This is NOT where I am going!

I am not suggesting anyone should throw out their BIbles (not that you have said I am suggesting that). The opposite in fact. The only way that I came to the conclusion that my relationship should be with Jesus and not scripture is because of what scripture told me. I could have been told this by a person, not scripture, but scripture, as has been said before, is the perfect rule of truth by which we can check and confirm what is being said as the truth or not. If somebody told me, I would want to check scripture before I accepted it as truth.

So, all I was trying to say was that to suggest a woman cannot have full access to the written word is silly when she has complete access to the Word that was there in the beginning through whom all things were created.

I apologise if I have stressed anybody out. If you are praying for me…please continue, I need it. 😉