In addition, there are many contradictions in the text, so a contradictory counter quote put you into the position of trying to explain why the text doesn't mean what it says. Once down that rabbit hole, against a good opponent, you will never escape.
1. Perhaps you are a reader of the Skeptic's Annotated Bible. 2. Perhaps you have never heard a capable expositor or Scripture.
Steve.
Exository Preaching: a method by which preachers attempt to explain how the Bible doesn't mean what it says.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
