can’t wait till you plant a church in westgate.

Candis, I’m not sure I have my interpretation of context just right. I was just saying what was coming to me the last couple of days. Certain people’s hermeneutic (that is, method for interpreting scripture) is that the Word is completely transcendent of context, which is fine most of the time, but in my opinion can turn into picking and choosing, and then in turn using scripture to back up one’s own personal ideologies. I am really big on interpreting scripture in light of the context it sits in, and in some cases the culture and history of the context.

In this particular case, the preceding verses have Jesus explaining how to deal with interpersonal relationships in the community, specifically sin. It’s often been used to kick people out of the church, etc, but the way Jesus words things, if read carefully, are actually very beautiful and very full of grace.

The scripture I quoted and the verse before it (binding and loosing), seem somewhat disconnected from the preceding verses, so I don’t know exactly the context, but since it’s in the middle of talking about communal relationships, I assume that it is related to that.

But that’s just how I see it. However the scripture speaks to you is cool with me.

You and Rowan and Ciara are so loved.