by Tom Sparks 

The rule of Plato

Over the years, as a former participant in Christendom’s Traditional Church approach, I found myself working hard at squeezing the bible into nice neat theological categories, with all the appropriate proof texts to support those categories.  But, for me, with the passing of time, and changes in perspectives, I’ve come to doubt the legitimacy of forcing the bible into a tight systematic theology, and I no longer believe the bible was given to us for that purpose.