Tag: fads

  • Samantha Grace Newcastle

    no cherry picking

    Biblical interpretation requires more than the ‘cherry picked’ quotation of isolated verses; it demands careful attention to context, literary purpose, and the unity of the canon.A text cannot be adequately understood by extracting a single statement from its surrounding argument or narrative and treating it as self-contained.Truth and proper responsible interpretation requires the reader to examine the whole passage, the…

  • Samantha Grace Newcastle

    Please, just eat!

    Grace is the completeness of Christ’s work at Calvary, yet church folk and others still strive to be ‘on top of things’, always seeking systems for spiritual progress, ladder climbing, one upsmanship and more.In Hebrews, Colossians, and Galatians, the Holy Spirit through the writers reminds believers that grace isn’t earned or “activated” through methods, but comes only by faith. Many…