{"id":570,"date":"2006-03-13T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-13T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2006\/03\/jazzaneutics-p4.html"},"modified":"2006-03-13T22:16:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-13T22:16:00","slug":"jazzaneutics-p4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2006\/03\/jazzaneutics-p4.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazzaneutics p4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bible_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What if we are meant to understand the scriptures by doing them?<\/strong>  <\/span>  <\/span>
\nFor example, when we read passages like Nehemiah 1 or Daniel 9 we discover two men confessing the sins of their people.  <\/span>What does it mean to know these passages?  <\/span>Is it to have a cognitive understanding of them or should be able to do what these men are doing?  <\/span>Jazzaneutics pushes towards the doing as asks the basic question, \u201cWhen was the last time you confessed the sins of your people?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Or take Acts 17.16-34 where Paul is able to present the gospel by connecting it to the poetry, spirituality and philosophy of the city of Athens, without quoting scripture<\/strong>.  <\/span>There is much to be learned from what is being said in this passage but should we do what Paul did?  <\/u><\/span>Can we present the gospel through our culture like Paul?  Can we present Jesus in a way that brings people to Christ without using scripture?<\/u>  If we can’t then do we truly know the passage?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Can we just know our scriptures or do we know our scriptures by doing them\u2026jazz says we don\u2019t know until we can do.<\/p>\n

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Can you think other passages that we can not understand them until we do them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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