What Have I Missed? – Ken Williams

One of my hermeneutics professors used the story “Agassiz and the Fish” to teach the principles and skills of interpreting biblical texts. Professor Louis Agassiz’, (1807-73), was a distinguished Harvard professor who taught his students how to ignore biases distracting them from reality, by painstakingly examining and reporting what they observed by daily examining a dead fish. Starting fresh each day, students discovered what they missed the day before. This principle helps me ignore my biases that distract me from the reality of what scripture says. O.K. what about my daily life? What am I missing? Nancy and I live in upstate New ...