Comments on: The Need for Navigators in Post-Modern Times–3 http://www.matthewmorine.com/church-news/the-need-for-navigators-in-post-modern-times-3/757/ by Matthew Morine Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:40:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Nic.E http://www.matthewmorine.com/church-news/the-need-for-navigators-in-post-modern-times-3/757/comment-page-1/#comment-11141 Nic.E Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:31:13 +0000 http://www.matthewmorine.com/?p=757#comment-11141 i think the diffrence between the 2 is right brain and left brain thinking. Left sees and reads and puts into action. Right senses and hears and applys to people. and the 2 have boath concrete and abstract applications. its not like we all can have both right and left concrete and abstract. its one or the other. or the 2 in the one without the other. im sure that makes no sense. i think the diffrence between the 2 is right brain and left brain thinking.

Left sees and reads and puts into action.

Right senses and hears and applys to people.

and the 2 have boath concrete and abstract applications.

its not like we all can have both right and left concrete and abstract.

its one or the other.

or the 2 in the one without the other.

im sure that makes no sense.

]]> By: K. Rex Butts http://www.matthewmorine.com/church-news/the-need-for-navigators-in-post-modern-times-3/757/comment-page-1/#comment-11067 K. Rex Butts Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:57:15 +0000 http://www.matthewmorine.com/?p=757#comment-11067 What you are talking about is being a "missiological theologian" or a "ministry practicioner." The missiological theologian understands that interpreting scripture is not done just for recovering neat information about documents that are centuries old. Instead, interpreting scripture is done so that God's people can continue to live out the mission of God in both faithful and relevant ways for each generation and culture. This requires an engagement with scripture (as well as the issues that have developed from scripture throughout history) but it also requires an engagement with contemporary people and culture. Too many Christians act as the we can just lift up the pages of scripture and slap them down on the current culture as is and that this will work (though it never does). They fail to account for the occasional nature of scripture. Our job is to engage scripture so that we can hear the gospel story told in scripture and then help our context become shaped by that gospel. Of course if we are talking about an issue like slavery, it is easy to see how the gospel should be applied. But take an issue like women serving in ministry/church and there is wide-spread disagreement among people who all share the same convictions regarding the inspiration and authority of scripture. But this is where we need to extend grace to each other, since we all will not arrive at the same conclusions on every issue. Grace and peace, Rex What you are talking about is being a “missiological theologian” or a “ministry practicioner.” The missiological theologian understands that interpreting scripture is not done just for recovering neat information about documents that are centuries old. Instead, interpreting scripture is done so that God’s people can continue to live out the mission of God in both faithful and relevant ways for each generation and culture. This requires an engagement with scripture (as well as the issues that have developed from scripture throughout history) but it also requires an engagement with contemporary people and culture.

Too many Christians act as the we can just lift up the pages of scripture and slap them down on the current culture as is and that this will work (though it never does). They fail to account for the occasional nature of scripture. Our job is to engage scripture so that we can hear the gospel story told in scripture and then help our context become shaped by that gospel. Of course if we are talking about an issue like slavery, it is easy to see how the gospel should be applied. But take an issue like women serving in ministry/church and there is wide-spread disagreement among people who all share the same convictions regarding the inspiration and authority of scripture. But this is where we need to extend grace to each other, since we all will not arrive at the same conclusions on every issue.

Grace and peace,

Rex

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