How Culture Affects Our Bible Reading
Can our culture influence the way we understand the Bible? In this message, Andrew Selley explains what faithful interpretation is: studying Scripture within its proper historical, cultural, and linguistic context to understand what it is really saying. This requires learning how Hebrew culture thought and communicated in the time the Bible was written. When we lack understanding, we can twist Scripture and apply it wrongly, leading to false beliefs that can ultimately be dangerous. Through an analysis of John 10:27-30, Andrew unpacks how our Western ways of thinking shape interpretation – helping us discover the true meaning of grace.
Andrew Selley
Andrew is the apostolic leader of Four12 (F12) and the lead elder of multisite, Joshua Generation Church. He has been in full-time ministry since 1996. After serving on the NCMI apostolic team for five years, he founded Four12 in 2011. Andrew is based in California, USA, with his wife, Emma, and their daughter, Enyah. Follow him on Facebook and Instagram.
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