Guest Post – Richard Murray – “Better over Letter” – Beyond Dead-Letter Literalism

Richard Murray Whenever I cite a New Testament verse which says without qualification that God is ONLY light, love, and goodness - "dead letter" literalists THEN accuse me of improperly cherry-picking Scriptures. They quickly cite Old Testament verses which, when read by the surface letter, appear to say God IS dark, IS wrathful, and IS the ordainer of all evil. For instance, if I say, "God is light and in Him is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5), then they will respond I am cherry-picking Scripture because God DOES indeed have darkness and evil in Him because Isaiah 45:7 says He is the "creator" of all "darkness" and all "evil." So, they avoid ...