Ridgell's Originals

I want to be the first to admit I am no great theologian.  I am not fluent in Hebrew, Greek, or Aramaic.  ThI do speak English fairly well and Texan very well.  I don't have a DMin.  I am not the sharpest tool in the shed.  But I think the Bible was written so a guy like me could understand it.  So even a guy like me could explain it to others.

But here are two things I just do not understand.

I do not understand holding an absolute position based on something God did not say.  You can form opinions from things the Bible is silent on, but it is hard for me to accept that God is absolutely against something unless he says he is against it.  It just seems God could have clearer if it was that big a deal.  So I wrestle with the whole "God is against instruments in worship because he did not say he was against them."

And I have trouble with an absolute position based on explaining why what seems to be very plain cannot mean what it says.  Some of the current arguments about women's roles in church leadership and worship spend a lot of time explaining how the principles stated in Scripture can't mean what they say.  You would think God could have expressed himself more clearly if that was really his intention.  I have trouble with "this is so clear anyone can understand what it really means even tho I have to explain why what it says is not what it means."

But as I said, I'm not real smart.  So you will have to keep explaining how God meant what he didn't say, and didn't mean what he did say.

Or maybe God said, and did not say, exactly what he meant.

Simple enough for anyone to understand.

Just my thoughts, but I sure don't think God can be happy about all the fussing and fighting over what he said.  I do think that is pretty clear.

Even for a guy like me.