Post on How to Read the Bible

I think this post is a good discussion starter. Especially check out the video.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2012/07/10/the-whole-sweep-of-scripture-rjs/#more-30115

Monthly Meeting, Thursday July 19th at Noon

This month's theological discussion will take place on Thursday (NEW DAY!) July 19th at Noon. We will be meeting in the PIU main classroom because the library is in the middle of a renovation. Our topic this month will be "Preaching Christ from the Whole Bible" and will basically continue the hermeneutics discussion we began in the regular meeting last week. Jesus said that the scriptures were "written about me." What does that mean and how should we "preach Christ" in the scriptures, especially the Old Testament? Bring your brown bag lunch and we will provide the coffee. See you there!

Last Month's discussion

The June 15th Guam Theological Discussion Group continued the discussion from May on the church's proper response to a culture that no longer recognizes the Bible as an authority for living one's life. The discussion especially focused on the church's response to the gay community on Guam. One of the attendees brought the statement from Catholic organization DignityUSA to our attention. The whole statement can be found here: http://dignityusa.org/1986-pastoral  This served to launch the discussion. Again the discussion came to finding the balance between "I do not condemn you" and "Go and sin no more." There was quite a bit of discussion on the issue of genetic versus environmental factors in homosexuality with the idea that one's dispositions, urges, orientations, compulsions etc should not be determinative in their choices. Again, it was a good discussion, with some real disagreements that was handled with collegiality. Next month's discussion topic is not yet determined. I am looking for some recommendations. There has been some consideration toward moving the discussion to the 3rd Thursday of each month instead of Friday. So we will be meeting in the PIU library at noon on July 19th or 20th. Final determination to be made later this week.