Definition When approaching what seems to be a “problem” in the Bible, we must approach the Bible as the word of an ultimately incomprehensible God, for which the context of the passage within the …
Let There Be Light: How to Read Genesis 1–3
ABSTRACT: The beginning of the book of Genesis is not, as some claim, a mythical or poetic account of creation. It is historical narrative, telling the same story that unfolds in the patriarchs, …
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Don’t Try to Make the Bible Say More (or Less) than It Does
Humility Required To the degree that sin remains within us, we all run to find in the Bible what we want it to say rather than what it actually does say. So, that creates a challenge to humble …
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A Trinitarian Basis for Reforming Our Approach to Meaning in Greek Exegesis
Vern S. Poythress, "A Trinitarian Basis for Reforming Our Approach to Meaning in Greek Exegesis, Illustrated by John 17:3" (PDF), Originally published in McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry 18 …
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Biblical Personalism: Further Thoughts on Scholasticism and Scripture
I am in the midst of some discussions about the role of Scholastic methods in Reformed theology, centered around James Dolezal’s All That Is In God. My first response to Dolezal is available here. I …
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Scholasticism for Evangelicals: Thoughts on All That Is In God by James Dolezal
James Dolezal, All That Is in God (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2017). Scholasticism names a type of theology that matured in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. In the post-reformation …