Truth

Here's a thought. I always wondered why God didn't give us the bible in a more systematic format. Even Paul, who was the big theology guy; you'd think he would have outlined his points and made them easier to figure out.

Well, it's only now that so much of culture seems to be rejecting what we call 'modernity' that I'm figuring out that I was trying to force the bible to fit into modernity's assumptions and approaches to truth. The bible is still just as true. It was modernity that was missing the point. Truth doesn't always fit into our categories. We can't always rely on 'give me the facts, ma'am - just the facts'. God's truth will sometimes feel more mysterious than that. (I wonder if any of my theology profs will hunt me down and try to kill me for saying that?)

All I know is that I am a seeker of the truth, and I also know that the bible can be pretty hard to understand. But I still believe in exegesis - probably more than ever. When those guys wrote what they wrote, they were writing the truth. Our work is cut out for us to think and pray hard to learn what they meant. That's exegesis. And if our categories are a little stifling, I'm willing to look outside the box to discover what truth those writers have for us. I'm expecting it to set me free.