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Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson
We know that the Bible is the sole rule of faith for Christians throughout the ages and all cultures , and God's principles don't change.
Yet the Bible was wrote in another place and another time ,so when we read the scriptures how much bearing does culture have in making application of the scriptures ?
Does culture have any bearing at all when reading certain passages of scripture ?
Or does it have no bearing at all ? Or does it really matter ?
We know that God's purpose is eternal and yet God's church in culturally diverse.
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One must consider the cultures in which the Bible was written when trying to determine what the authors meant by what they wrote but we have no business basing our interpretation of scripture on the worldly cultures in which we live today - particularly since the Christian's "culture" is that of the kingdom of God.