INTERPRETIVE BIAS
Whenever we interpret Scripture, we tend to lean towards our own bias. We need to recognize the reality of such biases that we all have. I loved the story I read in Sunday Sermons about the man who was taking a bus tour of Nashville, Tennessee. The bus driver was pointing out the sights of the Civil War Battle of Nashville. The driver said, “Right over here a small group of Confederate soldiers held off a whole Yankee Brigade.” A little further along he said, “Over there a young Confederate boy, all by himself, fought off a Yankee Platoon.” This went on and on until finally, the man taking the tour said, “Didn’t the Yankees win anything in the battle of Nashville?” And the bus driver replied, “Not while I’m the driver of this bus, they didn’t.”
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