badgolferman said:
John Hood, 1/8/2006,10:19:36 PM, wrote:
Are those the "progressive" commentaries mentioned earlier?
Some progressive, some conservative. The problem comes when people try
to foist their version, left or right, as truth. Commentaries are
learned opinion nothing more. A Commentary is not the Bible. The Bible
is not a "paper pope." Some biblical commentaries left or right, do
their job better than others. The only purpose of a commentary is to
explain what the Bible is saying, how it's saying it, and why the
commentators come to that conclusion. Left or right, you are free to
disagree with the good commentators, and you still learn something.
You can even write your own. With some simple tools and training,
ANYONE can learn biblical exegesis and find out what the scripture
actually says. If you are doing a proper job of exegetical analysis the
Bible most definitely does NOT say whatever you want it to say.
John H.
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