But I trust, when I read and study and pray, that the heart of what God intends for me to gather from his word rises from the page. The truth of those living words, made evident and viable by God's grace, enables my understanding. I don't have to say the words are inerrant to make it so. God's already done that, and I've learned too often that man's interpretation falls far short of the mark. I rely on the spirit of God's word to make up for the shortcomings King James may have inadvertently or otherwise put into place.
Some traditions have to be broken.
Blindly following doctrine is one of them. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. Carry on the tradition of faith. I've lived in Clifton Forge proper since 1975. I graduated from Hollins and teach English composition at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College.