Today at Tapestry, I wrote about how our culture or worldview affects our reading of Scripture.

"C. S. Lewis wrote, ‘The character of evidence depends on the shape of
the examination… It determines how much of that total truth will
appear and what pattern it will suggest’ (Lewis, The Discarded Image, 223). In other words, we understand truth in light of the questions we ask and how we ask them.

Because of this, there’s not a Christian worldview but many
Christian worldviews. Worldview includes many components such as
economics, politics, knowledge (or epistemology), science, ethics, etc.
Religion is one part of worldview. Christianity both is influenced by
worldview and influences worldview. Christianity cannot exist outside
of culture, but it also transforms culture."

Read the rest: Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?

Read Part One of the contextual theology series (includes a list of some theological resources).