LSM’s Ignorance of the Synoptic Problem - Tomes

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Originally Posted by Freedom

What I think that Dr. Tomes has done best (in this writing and others) is to show how narrow and selective Lee was with the references that he used. In all the Life-Study messages that I read, I could probably count on one hand the variety of references that he cited. In other words, he used the same set of references over and over.

In many cases, I think Lee's narrowness led to his absurd conclusions like the subject of whole Bible being "God's Economy". Sure it all sounds good to LC members, but Tomes has demonstrated how fragile Lee's theology really is. That's not to say Tomes is right or everyone should agree with his view. If nothing else, it just shows that there is more than one side to all these issues that are discussed. That is something that the LC negelects and even attempts to stop, that is, discussing or "exploring" a topic. Maybe that is why I appreciate Dr. Tomes writings.

I would agree with this. Even if this particular issue is not so important, it is yet one more example of the shallowness of the resources that were the underpinning for Lee's "rich ministry."

I guess if you dismiss most of the scholars and commentators, you can simplify the Bible down to whatever you want it to be.