Dr. Alexiana Fry
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Wednesday 04 November 2026 07:48:54 GMT
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jt :
As a pastor in a predominantly conservative congregation (at the time), I would bring historical criticism and literary criticism into the bible studies with our seniors. Turns out l, they were hungry for that. The matriarch of the congregation (the old lady who everyone looked toward) told me at 80+ years old she’s feels she’s really reading the bible for the first time. I’m so grateful they were open to it and didn’t kick me out. We are now an open and affirming congregation.
2026-11-04 11:42:18
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Are You Aware :
While attending a conservative evangelical seminary, I was in the school library in lone to purchase a book by Karl Barth. One of the professors, a well-known New Testament scholar, walked by and looked at the book looked at me and said “you better be careful that’s dangerous stuff in there.!” I thought great, I can’t wait to dig in.
2026-11-04 20:08:46
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housetrained bear :
I appreciate your calm and thoughtful response on this! I was enmeshed in the evangelical world until it gave me the boot a year ago for speaking up against pastoral corruption. For years, I ran at least 1 Bible study, preached 4 times a year, and answered Bible questions from the congregation. But now I realize my biblical knowledge sources were problematic men.
2026-11-04 13:57:10
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Nicholas :
Growing up I hated bible study because i also went to an evangelical church and it felt like I wasn't allowed to ask actual questions , or I never got good answers.. I studied the bible 100x more than I did after I left Christianity 😭
2026-11-04 07:54:58
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mattb :
Fascinating. My experience has been similar to the question asker; Bible study was a chance to revisit passages one was already familiar with to reinforce current beliefs. It was one of the major differences I always had within those spaces. Thank you for elaborating on this. 👍
2026-11-05 02:38:10
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M.M. :
I'm a Baptist Christian but I like reading secular critical scholarship, there's a lot that can be learnt from it even if I reject their naturalistic presuppositions.
2026-11-04 08:13:17
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nathan :
I'd be a lot more interested in Bible study these days if bible study opened with "let's do a creative reading and interpretation of a given part of the Bible. we'll hold it loosely, taking what's helpful and leaving what's not." Instead of "let's review the only correct way to understand this ambiguous portion of a culturally different ancient piece of literature."
2026-11-04 18:40:49
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tk_ :
In my Bible college library, I came across a book that had a “heresy” stamp on the title page.
2026-11-04 15:57:21
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Oli :
great closing thoughts 😁
2026-11-04 08:06:48
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robertofdevera 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 📚 :
I know this issue from personal experience. Ugh!
2026-11-04 15:29:11
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cuirfaoldhraiocht :
Studying the Bible outside of the guidance of the clergy seems to lead to agnosticism at minimum. Full atheist now, and it started with studying outside of direct instruction.
2026-11-04 10:00:57
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ric_shewell :
I give laity a little more benefit of the doubt than the original commenter (I’m a UMC pastor). Ppl are genuinely looking to enrich their faith and gain knowledge, but it often happens they end up in traditions that attempt to control information (as you are saying). That day is almost over for those kinds of traditions and institutions.
2026-11-04 14:29:24
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Pope Rhizic AntiEmperor/AntiFa :
I think the Bible is still relevant because the material conditions it was written under still exist - the Egyptian and Roman empires crumbled to dust, but new Empires stepped in to take their place - and if anyone ever actually made the world a better place they'd lose their recruiting tools & the social order it maintains.
2026-11-04 12:37:21
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