stories and propositions...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
'This' is a helpful and thought provoking post from Ben Sternke warning of the dangers of erring too exclusively towards either propositional or narrative interpretations of the Bible. Ben argues that we need to hold both approaches together. He writes...
"Think about the way you talk about someone you love or admire. Do you tell stories about them or make propositional statements about them? I do both, as I assume most of us do. I'll say "She's one of the most genuine people I know" (propositional statement), but I might also tell a story about her genuineness.
Stories enliven the propositions, and propositions chasten the stories. The truth of the gospel is more than a proposition, but it is also more than a story."
go read...
"Think about the way you talk about someone you love or admire. Do you tell stories about them or make propositional statements about them? I do both, as I assume most of us do. I'll say "She's one of the most genuine people I know" (propositional statement), but I might also tell a story about her genuineness.
Stories enliven the propositions, and propositions chasten the stories. The truth of the gospel is more than a proposition, but it is also more than a story."
go read...
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I'm Malcolm Chamberlain
from Liverpool, United Kingdom
. I'm married with two young children and, in addition to Liverpool, have lived in Leicester (for the first 18 years of my life), York, Peshawar (Pakistan), Oxford and Walsall. I've been actively involved in the emerging church since 2001, as a founding member of Dream in Liverpool City, and coordinator of the Dream network. I'm currently engaged in research into emerging missional communities, and work as a parish priest and pioneer minister.
