yep, 👍 i can relate to this. sometimes becoming too technical i.e. pharisaical, makes us too close to the wood to discern the trees. My best inspirations regarding Christianity and its concepts has occurred after silent reflective prayer rather than logical analysis of scripture and word play.
True, what you refer to is "the Contemplative Crisis" (coined by my friend Rob Culhane), where our Western, modernist lifestyles have caused us to neglect the spiritual disciplines. I think there is a place for logical analysis, but our methodology must be consistent and contextual. A good place to start is simply using the reading comprehension skills taught us in high school!
Context is king!!!
Amen!
yep, 👍 i can relate to this. sometimes becoming too technical i.e. pharisaical, makes us too close to the wood to discern the trees. My best inspirations regarding Christianity and its concepts has occurred after silent reflective prayer rather than logical analysis of scripture and word play.
True, what you refer to is "the Contemplative Crisis" (coined by my friend Rob Culhane), where our Western, modernist lifestyles have caused us to neglect the spiritual disciplines. I think there is a place for logical analysis, but our methodology must be consistent and contextual. A good place to start is simply using the reading comprehension skills taught us in high school!