August 29, 2018

ON THE USE OF SCRIPTURE.....


     A frenzied driver tucked a note under her windshield wiper and dashed off:
     It read: "I've circled the block for 20 minutes. I'm late for an appointment, and if I don't park here I'll lose my job. Forgive us our trespasses."
     Returning, she came back only to find a parking ticket and this note:
     "I've circled the block for 20 years, and if I don't give you a ticket, I'll lose my job... Lead us not into temptation."
     It has been said that Scripture can be used to justify just about anything. Some have even used it to okay suicide. You know: Judas hung himself. And then another Bible phrase: Go thou and do likewise. Nonsense. Let us study the laws of humeneutics, or the science of proper interpretation. Very important.

- Dick Christen