A little Fundy . . .

I find it emotionally difficult to read authors with whom I disagree . . . This is obviously something of a problem for my Bible college career . . . One of the things that turns me off theologians in particular is their quest for biblical schemata. I applaud their desire to think biblically about modern situations (say, democracy), but I often find that they analyse the biblical account using categories which, while not exactly unfounded, do not arise naturally from the biblical material. It's as if they're squeezing it into trousers that don't quite fit - the content's still all there but the presentation's changed. My preference would be to leave biblical themes and categories sitting as they are and to let them speak into the modern situation to whatever extent they do. If they 'fall short' in any way, I would prefer to use prayer and careful thought to guide my actions, trusting that God will have his mighty, shepherding hand over these faltering things.