"Bernard Ramm helped lead the way in this theoretical experiment when he made two claims in his classic The Christian View of Science and Scripture. These theorems influenced generations of exegetes, including today’s. They include: “Training in logic and science forms excellent background for exegesis. . . . Systematic teaching of Scripture is the Scriptures’ final intention.” <Steffen, …
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I was looking over my notes from a "Biblical Theology-NT" class I took something like 13 years ago, taught by Dr. Kevin Daugherty. I will be teaching this same course at a different school as a 1-week module. In my notes there was several reasons why it is dangerous to neglect exegesis, or at least …
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Here are a few vignettes: 1. Prosperity. I was in chapel at seminary, when an outside pastor spoke... he was talking about how God wanted all His children to be (financially) rich. He then added, "Some of you may not like me saying that, but it is what the Bible teaches." Well, I am not …
<Reblog of post by Glenn T. Stanton. Click on the link below for the rest. Nice readable article about Bible Interpretation.> One of the things I enjoy most in my work at Focus on the Family is the opportunity to speak at secular university campuses and to organizations that are indifferent or opposed to orthodox …
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