James W. Sire

Context, context, context.

One that comes to mind that I remember reading in a book by James W. Sire many years ago called Scripture Twisting, How the Cults Misread the Scriptures.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi said, quoting, Jesus said, be still and know that I am God.

So be still and know that you are God.

And sometimes you can figure out the right way to engage a subject by eliminating the bad ways, eliminating the bad ways of doing it.

Many years ago, James Sire, who was an editor at InterVarsity Press and a terrific author, wrote many books.

A friend of mine wrote this book called Scripture Twisting, 20 Ways Cults Misinterpret the Bible.

It's a classic book.

I looked at monism.

I used James Sire's book on purpose.

He's kind of a...

He's a good communicator.

Hopefully, I won't be too long-winded.

But when I was right out, I was still finishing my dissertation, and Jim Sire, who was working for InterVarsity as an acquisition editor, came to Westminster and was meeting with people like Sinclair Ferguson and Harvey Kahn, who had already published with him a lot.

And they opened it up, and I said I'd like to meet with him.

And I went in to meet with him, and he – And after we talked, he said, I have two pieces of advice for you.