We had an incredible time together today on our YCC Conference Call. Our topic was Hermeneutics & Exegesis and our discussion was led by none other than Michael Winakur.
A few thoughts from today's call:
1. We are constantly trying to add things to the text of the Bible... In doing so, we get in the way of what the text was intended to say.
2. We are also constantly trying to push our own agenda into the text of scripture. When this happens, we begin to proof text and are simply trying to find scripture to match our own thoughts instead of getting our thoughts from scripture.
3. I don't want to be original, I want to be Biblical. Too often we spin our wheels and waste our time trying to be overly creative or original when we speak or teach. Instead we might consider spending extra time ensuring that our message is actually Biblical.
Next month we will be focusing on the topic of storytelling.
