This is an excerpt from a book I am working on. As any reader is aware who has ventured into the literature on Biblical Theology, there is no one agreed upon way of doing it. This is the case whether one is reading evangelical writers or the works of non-evangelicals.[1] Not surprisingly several definitions have Read More
It appears to me that one of the first things a faithful theologian needs to do is to straighten out the confusion brought about by the world’s separation of faith and reason. This relationship is so vital to a biblically fastened worldview that to neglect it will involve the believer in a host of conflicting Read More
“A reductionistic god belongs to a reductionistic world picture, just as much as a vitiated view of consciousness and intentionality results from an outlook which doesn’t care to explain such “directed” mysteries.”
I have finally completed a series of twelve posts about the Rapture in which I have appealed for humility among the various schools of thought, while also explaining my pretribulational position. I was asked to bring the posts together in one place, so here they are: Part One: Introduction Part Two: The Main Verses (1) Read More
“Hermeneutics is not just the art and science of how to interpret, but is also reflection on how we already interpret. This is tacitly acknowledged on page 65 n.22 where there is a suggestion made to meditate on passages in the Psalms and Isaiah before interpreting. But they quickly go on to affirm the importance of “the literary and linguistic aspects of the biblical material” (66). This point is well taken, but it is in the employment of these aspects within a theological matrix that is often the problem.”
“[I]f we begin to stack up the problems: – something does not come from nothing; life does not come from non-life; the mathematics of sequence space (not enough time); the contradiction of using target-oriented computer programs to “simulate” discrete non-targeted chance scenarios; the logical fallacies (question-begging, composition, reification), etc., these problems make the intellectual satisfaction appear rather hollow.”
Classifying the Relationships between Doctrines and Their Supporting Texts
It appears to me that one of the first things a faithful theologian needs to do is to straighten out the confusion brought about by the world’s separation of faith and reason. This relationship is so vital to a biblically fastened worldview that to neglect it will involve the believer in a host of conflicting Read More
I have finally completed a series of twelve posts about the Rapture in which I have appealed for humility among the various schools of thought, while also explaining my pretribulational position. I was asked to bring the posts together in one place, so here they are: Part One: Introduction Part Two: The Main Verses (1) Read More
“Hermeneutics is not just the art and science of how to interpret, but is also reflection on how we already interpret. This is tacitly acknowledged on page 65 n.22 where there is a suggestion made to meditate on passages in the Psalms and Isaiah before interpreting. But they quickly go on to affirm the importance of “the literary and linguistic aspects of the biblical material” (66). This point is well taken, but it is in the employment of these aspects within a theological matrix that is often the problem.”
Videos of Dr. Henebury’s Conference presentation earlier this year. If you want to know what Biblical Covenantalism is, you can find out here. Session 1. Christ and Interpretation Session 2: Christ and Creation Session 3: The Covenants of God Session 4: Christ and the Covenants Session 5: Christ and the New Covenant Session 6: Read More
A Brief Testimony Before I became a Christian at the age of 25 I had a yearning for truth. I tried to find it, of all places, at the local pub, ‘The Bull’. Not the deep truth of philosophers; just the everyday truth of belonging. Real Ale and parties and pub banter provided the backdrop Read More
“The whole idea of progression in this sense must incorporate constancy of meaning. Like coming across leopard tracks in the snow; following them would lead you to a leopard. It would not lead you to a bear. Bears have different signatures. Just so, when God reveals He leaves a verbal signature which can be tracked. It cannot eventuate in a result which the revelation has rendered us totally unprepared for.”
“Kregel’s Exegetical Commentary series has already made a strong impact with works by Allen Ross on Psalms and Robert Chisholm on Judges/Ruth, and Garrett doesn’t let the side down. His Exodus Commentary is a fine work of scholarship, being nicely “weighted” towards the first part of the Book (to ch. 24) for preachers.”
This link to some useful Apologetical books of yesteryear are worth checking out. While not presuppositional, and therefore too dependent on the notion of common ground, these are good resources – and they’re free!