Think About It

I do my best to stay clear of political biases in our daily observations, but periodically there are current events that capture my interest. The other day I read a portion of the statement Amy Coney Barrett sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee and came across an interesting statement. In citing a major influence in her life, Justice Antonin Scalia, she noted, “His judicial philosophy was straightforward: A judge must apply the law as written, not as the judge wishes it were. Sometimes that approach meant reaching results that he did not like. But as he put it in one of his best known opinions, that is what it means to say we have a government of laws, not of men.”. Now, before we go any future, please understand that I am not promoting a debate about either Justice Scalia or Judge Barrett; nor am I comparing the laws of the United States with the Bible, but when I read that it got me to thinking about our approach to Scripture. When it comes to interpreting the Bible, do we look