# Slaves, Women & Homosexuals

## Metadata
- Author: [[William J. Webb and Darrell L. Bock]]
- Full Title: Slaves, Women & Homosexuals
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- So how does a Christian respond to cultural change? Our initial answer is quite simple: It is necessaryfor Christians to challenge their culture where it departs from kingdom values; it is equally necessary for them to identify with their culture on all other matters. ([Location 157](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=157))
- If something is worth making an issue out of, then challenge culture on the issue. Yet, if something is not terribly important and does not violate one's faith, then utilize it for the sake of the gospel! ([Location 164](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=164))
- As part of our interpretive task, then, we must distinguish between kingdom values and cultural values within the biblical text. ([Location 173](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=173))
- For our purposes the expression cultural component and its various equivalents may be defined as "those aspects of the biblical text that `we leave behind' as opposed to `take with us' due to cultural differences between the text's world and the interpreters' world as we apply the text to subsequent generations." ([Location 186](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=186))
- The term "redemptive-movement hermeneutic" captures the most crucial component of the application process as it relates to cultural analysis, namely, the need to engage the redemptive spirit of the text in a way that moves the contemporary appropriation of the text beyond its original-application framing. ([Location 247](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=247))
- As Christians we should be very careful not to become gridlocked with the isolated words of the text so that we miss reapplying the redemptive spirit that produced the text in the first place. ([Location 285](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=285))
- A redemptive-movement hermeneutic is characterized by several key components. At the heart of such an approach to the application of Scripture is its focuson (1) redemptive movement, (2) a multilevel ethic, (3) a balanced perspective, (4) cultural/transcultural assessment and (5) the underlying spirit within a text. ([Location 309](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=309))
- Within a pluralistic society, such as we experience today, Christians should actually defend the rights and freedoms of homosexuals to live out their beliefs. We should not legally impose our sexual ethic on others. ([Location 373](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=373))
- If the women's debate is to make any progress in the years that lie ahead, evangelical leaders on the patriarchy side will need to emerge with one clear message: as with slavery, the patriarchy found within the Bible does not offer us an ultimate social ethic. ([Location 476](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=476))
- Scripture provides the direction toward the divine destination, but its literal, isolated words are not always the destination itself. Sometimes God's instructions are simply designed to get his flock moving. Rather than laying out the entire journey, some texts simply outline the first major steps along with way. ([Location 648](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0022NGVSI&location=648))