We meet the philosophical whenever we talk about a way of living. At the heart of these conversations are relationships. How do we relate to God? To one another? To creation? To ourselves? As Christians, we read the Bible to help guide our understanding. Texts translated for us through interpretive lenses of scholars. Translation is always interpretation and theological.
Theology attempts to answer one or more of three questions: 1) How does God relate to people and creation? 2) How do people relate to God? 3) How do people relate to the rest of creation?
A subtle change in the how I see Scripture and the bible took place. A change that is rooted in appreciating the people and places of the texts.