Casting Stones
We only got through half the study in our group last week, so here's the second half - that famous passage where Jesus invites whoever is without sin to cast the first stone. A favorite passage? A debatable passage? An unfavorite...? Personally I really like the passage because my grandfather used it in a church meeting to stop the endless debate over whether a youth leader could retain his position. The youth leader went on to be a powerful church leader; just as well no stones were cast. (55) Casting Stones John’s gospel continues with a well-known example of love vs. law. The passage, about a woman caught in adultery, is not found in the oldest copies of John’s gospel. 1. Do you think it harms or benefits Christians to look at the history of how the Bible came to us? 2. The opening of John’s gospel is not in all copies either. Textual analysts suggest the opening and this story might not have been i...