For the most part, my recent Play Dough commentary was received very well. I noticed a surge of posting about the subject on our discussion board and I got a lot of favorable email. Two were even from church pastors.

But, there was one unfavorable response. It was from the person who posted the long list of proofs I mentioned in my commentary. Although I was half-way expecting it, I was hoping he would understand I wasn't attacking him -- only the construction of his argument. Although unintentional, I thought the Scripture proofs he listed where misleading.

However, when I read what he had to say, I realized I may have also been unintentionally misleading. So, I fell it necessary to clear the matter.

Let's take a look at the at where I may have been misleading. I said:

For example: Recently, I read a long list of Scriptural proofs someone posted to support a particular doctrine. Although I don't necessarily disagree with the doctrine, I pointed out not one of the Scriptures listed actually provided proof. I was told it didn't really matter. Why? Because this person had other subjective and allegorical reasons to believe the doctrine. If this isn't an example of our post-modern thinking today, I don't know what is.

As I looked back at our actual conversation, I found where I was wrong. I said, "I was told it didn't really matter." The person didn't say that -- I inferred it. And in so doing, I made it look like this person didn't love Scripture. I was wrong and I shouldn't have done this. I apologies. I know this person loves the Bible as much -- if not more -- than I do.

Yet, as I thought about this, I realized this only goes to prove my main concern in the Play Dough commentary. If you recall, my concern was we were all, whether we admit it or not, becoming victims of a post-modern form of Christianity. It's a Christianity that allows subjective feelings and desires to interpret Scripture, instead of letting the Scripture interpret Scripture.

And ironically, in the same way, that's what I was doing. When, to make a point, I added words a person didn't actually say, I was allowing my subjective desires and feelings interpret an encounter. And, as a result, I was unintentionally being misleading.

Friends, in our zeal for truth, let's remain true.

Even when it hurts.