Care needed in interpretation of NT

It is important in our honest search for NT truth to be open to the fact that we all read into documents from our cuclture and perspective. We have printed this before, but it needs to be a constant reminder.

The sheer diversity of the current options not only contributes to the sense of unrest and divisiveness in many local churches but leads to confident assertions that all the biblical evidence supports those views and those alone. . . . we unwittingly read our ideas and experiences of worship back into Scripture.

~ Don Carson, Worship by the Book, 13