I don't understand some people, using biblical terms to criticize me when this is just a game.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.
Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.
Logically, taking Scripture seriously means being passionately concerned about interpreting it correctly and thus welcoming any evidence that exposes erroneous understandings of the biblical text. Unfortunately, many zealous Bible students and teachers confuse their favorite interpretations of the Bible with the Bible itself.
The Bible nowhere enters into an argument to prove the person and being of God. It assumes His being and reveals His person and character.
People cheer the Bible, buy the Bible, give the Bible, own the Bible - they just don't actually read the Bible.
You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not be as accomplished, might not understand the game as well from the inside-out.
Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.
Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
Yeah, I have been because, generally speaking, to we Biblical literalists, the media is very hostile.