At face value

Pastor Ryan opens with speaking about his time in Japan and the difficult task of understanding the speech and culture. He speaks about different conflicts over interpretation of scripture and how it can harm our witness to the world . He will unpack some practical tools for cultural holistic reading of the scriptures.

2 Timothy 3:16, Romans 15:4, Matthew 5:21,5:33, 5:38, 5:43, Psalm 1:10, Mark 12:35-37. Proverbs 26:4-5.