When Dr. Jonathan L. Walton walked on to the stage and began stating that TCU is a perfect place for him with football and Chickflia, I knew this would be a great presentation. Within the first few minutes Dr. Walton really began to open my eyes when he explained how the Bible is the power of God and the potential of life as a person of faith. To me the Bible always represented God’s teachings and God’s words and I never really looked at it as the power of God or the potential of life. When Dr. Walton expressed how the Bible, or something referred to as an ancient text, is not necessarily the final word of God, it made me stop and think what the Bible really could be interpreted as. He goes on to explain that the Bible is not seen as the last word of God because the scripture in the Bible is inspired, but not exhausted at an interpreted level, which makes more sense than the actual word of God. …show more content…
Walton explained that God may be the same, but we are not or the world as a whole is not the same. We are often faced with challenges, like technology or moral matters, that would not have mattered or even existed back when the scriptures and the Bible were created, so there was no possible way for the authors to realize what knowledge we have gained or the events that have happened, so the world has evolved and changed. With that, it means that we cannot always to the Bible and the scriptures to it’s literal level like going around and cutting peoples heads off because that’s what the ancient ancestors of Israel did because that is not right or legal today. With just those few topics/examples, I really feel as though Dr. Walton was a great speaker and really made my mind open up to new ideas and thought about the Bible and the meanings of God’s