“If you can’t find the Word in the text, it’s your fault, not the text’s. Go back and read it again.”
–Markus Barth (1915-1994), as quoted by John M. Buchanan in Christian Century, the December 29, 2009 edition, page 3
“If you can’t find the Word in the text, it’s your fault, not the text’s. Go back and read it again.”
–Markus Barth (1915-1994), as quoted by John M. Buchanan in Christian Century, the December 29, 2009 edition, page 3
Well, what if I find the Word, but you don’t agree that I found it?
Oh, right. It’s my fault again.
If this is what passes for Christian behavior, count me out. Deliver us from this kind of arrogance.