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Wednesday, May 05, 2021 TODAY'S HEADLINES is sponsored by 2 pastors from Beijing's Zion Church arrested 3 years after authorities forced church to close Politics Illegal immigrant sex offenders released due to Biden's detainer policy Dozens of criminal illegal immigrants were released in Texas, including at least two sex offenders, due to the Biden administration's guidance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement regarding deportations. A Message from The Christian Post Shop The 'Improve Your Writing Skills' Master Class Bundle Learn the tricks of novel writing and get creative writing tips to craft your own fictional story. In this course, you'll have a better grasp of the novel writing basics to turn your idea into a solid creative piece. You'll also learn the difference between traditional and digital publishing and choose what works better for you. Learn More

Church & Ministries SC Episcopal diocese elects first female bishop amid $500 million legal battle over church property The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, which is still in the midst of a yearslong legal battle with a breakaway group over several church properties, has elected its first female bishop. Living John Piper shares how Christian parents can protect children from 'state indoctrination' Pastor and author John Piper has weighed in on how Christian parents can best protect their children from state indoctrination in societies where children are forced to learn "unbiblical views of what is true and false, and right and wrong, and beautiful and ugly." Church & Ministries Elaine Flake takes helm of one of America's largest churches at 72 Elaine Flake might have become the woman pastor with the largest congregation in the United States after being appointed lead pastor of the more than 23,000-member Greater Allen Cathedral of New York at 72 on Sunday. World Harry Potter event canceled over JK Rowling's comments on gender: 'Causing distress' Organizers of a book festival in New Zealand have canceled an event featuring the popular children's book series Harry Potter over past comments on the transgender debate made by author J.K. Rowling. Politics 'Unprecedented': Over 500 pro-life bills filed in 2021, more than 60 enacted nationwide A new report from a pro-choice research organization found that in the first four months of 2021, more than 500 pro-life bills have been introduced at the state level and more than 60 have been enacted nationwide.

A Message from Faithful Counseling Struggling through the pandemic? You're not alone. As Christians, we know the importance of tending to our spiritual health. However, there is a stigma around seeking help for emotional health, especially for Christians. Many people still do not understand the causes of mental illness or may believe it is a lack of faith. But seeing a secular therapist may not be the right answer... read more

Opinion A lesson on Capitol Hill: Destroyers, deliverers, and the fine art of protest The young man and woman said they had come to Washington to, among other things, protest the napalming of Vietnamese villages, only to learn that protest planners were renting big trucks to load with drums of oil that that they would set ablaze in Washington's traffic circles during rush hour, and incinerate people going home after a workday in the despised institutions of government.

Sponsored Three Dangers Currently Confronting Evangelicals Christ-followers are called to combat false ideas raised up against the knowledge of God (2 Cor. 10). It seems there is an endless number of dangerous ideas always knocking on the door of the church. At our present point in history, however, there are three particular dangers currently facing evangelicals: the denial of objectivity, the adoption of "wokeness" ideology, and the weakening of biblical inerrancy. We only have space here to briefly examine the first of these dangers. When one thinks about apologetics, he usually thinks about such disciplines as philosophy, history, archaeology, etc. There is one area, however, that is relatively undeveloped in the practice of apologetics, and yet it is ripe for the work: literary studies. I am not talking about what genre the gospels happen to be, or if the saints in Matthew 27 were literally raised, or any such argument that has been popular as of late. I am talking about theories in English and literature that dramatically influence the field of hermeneutics (how we study the Bible). While there are many issues to address, such as deconstructivism, postmodernism, etc., the issue that seems to be most prevalent in standard hermeneutics textbooks is the role of the interpreter and how he either uncovers or imparts meaning to the biblical texts. In this article I will talk about two books that are standard for evangelical studies on biblical interpretation, and why I think they are undermining the objective meaning of the text. The Books and Their Claims The first book is Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, Revised and Updated, by William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg, and Robert L. Hubbard Jr. In general, this is a very good book, which is why it is used by many Bible colleges and seminaries. I even use it in my classes. The overall hermeneutical principles laid out in the book are very good. So what's the problem? The problem is what the authors say about the role of the interpreter and the nature of bias, presuppositions, and preunderstanding (the body of knowledge the reader brings to the text). They state: "No one interprets anything without a set of underlying assumptions. When we presume to explain the meaning of the Bible, we do so with a set of preconceived ideas or presuppositions. These presuppositions may be examined and stated, or simply embraced unconsciously. But anyone who says that he or she has discarded all presuppositions and will only study the text objectively and inductively is either deceived or naïve." (143) It is certainly true that we all have biases, etc. However, the startling claim these authors make is that, due to our biases, we can't study the Bible objectively. Unfortunately, and per usual for these kinds of books, the notion of "objectivity" is left undefined and unclear. They later deny that such biases leave the reader bereft of objectivity; however, they do not explain how he can be objective since they have seemingly taken away that possibility via the role of biases and presuppositions. Such is especially the case given this statement: "The preunderstanding and presuppositions of the interpreter contribute enormously to the results of the interpretive process. We might even say they determine the results." (197) If the preunderstanding and presuppositions determine the interpretive results, then it is not clear at all how the reader can be objective. We wouldn't discover the truth or meaning of the text, we would determine it... Read More Get Your Free eBook

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