Each data point — each thesis, supporting argument, and supporting piece of data — has to connect to the ones surrounding it and to
the overarching purpose of the work.
Not exact matches
-- focuses on a future kingdom and / or heaven, and ignores the current reign
of Christ — plays pretend «literal» interpretation
of certain passages, versus a robust understanding
of the
overarching story
of God's
work and
purposes.
Like many other creative endeavors, it's a really demanding process to be strict about serving the idea that the
work is trying to express, and ruthlessly letting go
of stuff that you can't make serve that
overarching purpose.