Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Deconstructionism


So what is deconstructionism? Deconstructionism is a way of interpreting a text by trying to dig into what the original author was experiencing at the time of writing. If that is all that it meant then I would say that would be a good thing but it doesn't stop there. It also means that there is no one way of interpreting it today. Now this is where the problem lies. Scripture is not by private interpretation according to 2 Peter who tells us plainly that holy men of God were moved by the Holy Spirit and not to the whims of culture of the day. Though they wrote in the culture of the day it was not the culture but the Spirit that influenced Scripture. It is a must that we do look into the culture of the time but we must not forget that it is the Holy Spirit who moved men to write what they did.

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