I read the following quote today and wanted to throw it out there for discussion. What do you think? Do you agree or disagree?
"Let us be humble in acknowledging that Westerners do not have exclusive insight on all that is right and wrong. God is not restricted to Western ways, and He has not exhausted His wisdom and grace on North America and Western Europe... People of the Word [of God] need each other to exercise collective discernment in interpreting the Bible, which stands as the final authority and judge of all that distorts God's glory in any culture." - Duane Elmer, Cross-Cultural Conflict
2 comments:
I agree. God's wisdom is heard by any person, from whatever culture, who listens carefully to Him AND whose life pattern is to live
obediently before Him. That makes the difference in how God's Word is understood.
Is this author a Westerner?
...Mum
Its great, God's wisdom is what all nations need is that not why you and Dan, Melissa and Arthur and other missionaries are here, to bring the joy of the Lord, His mercy and love to those who dont yet have it. Westerners so often don't realize how much they have, the blessings of grace and mercy.
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