If nothing else, Law School taught me to be intellectually honest about the text of the law–what the text might mean, what it could mean, what it shouldn't mean, and how its various applications could be evolved by engaging it as an open rather than a closed text. The law allows for what is beautifully termed "the enlightened conscience of the jury" to be the ultimate "fact-finding" determiner of whether the spirit of the law has been broken in any given situation.

In short, I learned in law school to always read and interpret the law with my conscience. (I freely admit some lawyers are strict constructionists in their interpretations, but many are not).

I practiced law for 4 years before I encountered Christ. Right after that, in 1990, I left my practice for two years and attended Regent University to obtain a Master's Degree in Practical Theology. Sometimes I asked questions that got me on the professors' bad side.

One such incident occurred during my first week in my hermeneutics class. I was excited because I was sure this class would show me the best way to read the Scripture, particularly the Old Testament. Here the professor said we would learn rules that would keep us from ever quoting passages out of their historical or grammatical context.