Velvet Elvis meanderings

 " . . . let's make a group decision to drop once and for all the Bible-as-owner's-manual metaphor. It's terrible. It really is." (62) Rob Bell points out that the Bible is full of the "common grace" message and uses the example of Paul at Mars Hill. He quotes the poets of the day and affirms the truth of their writings, while at the same time making clear that they didn't have the whole picture. This is not unlike what the medieval philosophers did with the writings of Aristotle; they pressed the pagan philosophy into the service of the Christian faith. Now granted, they didn't always do this successfully, but in many ways they did and that legacy continues in many of the ways that we interpret Christianity to this day. All truth is God's truth.