Harmonization and Accommodation
/This article from Pastor Mike Roth’s personal blog explains why accommodation is a better lens for the Bible than harmonization.
Accommodation sets me to wrestling with a text, in community with others, with sensitivity to human consciousness, in order to discern the heart, voice, and pleasure of God for today. Harmonization, on the other hand, often feels like an attempt to protect the Bible from its foibles, in order to protect its legitimacy. I don’t think the Bible needs protection.