American Theology

Western Biblical Interpretation has two great flaws that reveal themselves in application. The first and most talked about fallacy is generally found in Bible studies and youth group amongst lay theologians. I call it the Meology interpretation. These people see all parts of scripture as directly prescriptive to their daily lives. Instead of seeing stories that reveal the greatness of God, they look for to do lists so that they can be better Christians.
However, I think the second group is much more dangerous, and it is present in educated theological circles. Western Biblical Interpretation is becoming unhealthily good at finding differences between current and biblical context, which continues to weaken their application of God's mandates to early believers. They put to much weight on the cultural significance of the scriptures, and then in light of the cultural differences today dismiss parts of scripture with the mentality that "times have changed." When the church can justify homosexuality it must consider again how inerrant and sovereign the scriptures really are.