by Jerry Hullinger | Dec 22, 2017 | Bible, Culture, Featured
Ours is a trivial age, and the church has been deeply affected by this pervasive triviality….Ours is a self-absorbed, human-centered age, and the church has become, sadly, even treasonably self-centered.[1] While God wants to give us everlasting life, we settle...
by Daniel Thomas | Nov 11, 2013 | Bible, Hermeneutics, Theology
by Paul Martin Henebury – Revelation Cannot Be Divorced From the Character of the Revealer Plain-speaking is usually thought to be a virtue. One should say what one means. On the other hand, it is not a virtue to use words which one knows beforehand may lead another...
by Daniel Thomas | Oct 29, 2013 | Bible, Hermeneutics, Technology
by Paul Martin Henebury – We have seen that the idea of progressive revelation is connected to two things: the intent behind the communication, and the boundaries prescribed by previous revelation/communication. I have said that these two concerns, together with a...
by Daniel Thomas | Oct 22, 2013 | Bible, Hermeneutics, Theology
by Paul Martin Henebury – Progressive revelation relies in the first instance upon the competence of how that revelation has been communicated. To deny this point is to cast doubt upon the utility of the modifier “progressive.” Revelation has to reveal or else it is...
by Daniel Thomas | Oct 21, 2013 | Bible, Hermeneutics, Theology
by Paul Martin Henebury – The Bible is one Book, not two. It should be read from front to back, not in reverse. Tracing the chronology of Scripture is, in general terms, an important part of Bible study. Everyone is aware that there are cases where specific...