![]() God’s character can only be known by our limited minds if God reveals Himself.Īs a result, we would expect God to reveal Himself:.God is Creator, so “his character is the standard of right and wrong.”.Humans are moral creatures with a conscience.He believes he is interpreting what God has revealed in the written Word of God. His text is soaked in Scripture, few pages failing to cite long passages to make his argument. Reverend Doctor Charles Octavius Boothe was a Bible man. He entered a great conversation that was, is, and will be as a result of his faithful attempt to understand the text of the books of the Bible. He was a man who lived fully in his time, doing good, but not a man of his time, because the Bible lifted him to a higher plane. ![]() ![]() Even if not an Evangelical, all Christians should take the time to follow the ideas of a mind awake and in love with Christ.įor Boothe, the Bible was not instrumental to one good cause, but a ground for knowledge of how to live the good life. His book Plain Theology for Plain People should be read by anyone who wishes to understand the entire story of Evangelical American Christianity. Charles Octavius Boothe was born a slave and when free used the Bible and his God-given gifts to bring what he called “uplift” to African-Americans and great gifts to the entire church. ![]() Forget the slavers misuse of Scriptures, instead we can turn to the freedman who knew the Bible was his Bible. ![]()
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