There’s No Biblical Solution to Your Problem

Richard Beck says “biblical” doesn’t mean what you think it means:

Recently I was invited to be a part of a conversation regarding how a community I’m associated with should approach a controversial topic. The stated goal of the conversation is to think about what a “biblical” approach would be regarding this issue.

So I’ve been thinking a lot about the word biblical and about what it might mean.

Here’s my basic observation: Whatever biblical means it doesn’t mean biblical.

Read the rest: Experimental Theology: “Biblical” as a Sociological Stress Test.