Interpretation

I recall one year when I was a student at Harding School of Theology. The school hosted an annual seminar on a biblical topic. That particular year the topic was “grace, faith and works.” The seminar focused on the tension between Scriptures that talk about being saved by grace through faith—saved by nothing that we do, and Scriptures that stress the importance of putting your faith to work. Several faculty members from HST were invited to participate. In addition, a leader from another local school participated. Each speaker had an assigned topic and time.

I remember when the local school leader came to the stage to deliver his presentation. Instead of speaking on his assigned topic, he verbally attacked one of the other presenters for thirty minutes. He showed slide after slide of things the other presenter had written in publications, and did his best to show how those writings were blasphemous and sinful. In reality, they were not.Read More »Uncommon: Reading Wrong (Luke 14:1-6 ESV) Chris Altrock – 4/12/15