3.39 Robert Lyon, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “What is Christian Platonism?”
Listen as Robert Lyon joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his two-part longform essay “What is Christian Platonism?”
3.38 Robert Lyon • Reading • “What is Christian Platonism? (Part 2): A Preliminary Critique”
Having examined what Christian Platonism is in Part One, we turn now to an assessment of this system.
The Wild Wild West, The Sirens of Rome, and the Hermeneutics of Christian Platonism
If we read the Bible as Christian Platonists, we’re bound to end up in one of two places: the Wild West or allured by Rome’s siren song. Let’s not go there.
What is Christian Platonism? (Part 2): A Preliminary Critique
Having examined what Christian Platonism is in Part One, we turn now to an assessment of this system.
What is Christian Platonism? (Part 1): An Introduction in Three Steps
What is Christian Platonism and where did it come from? Answers to these questions and more lie ahead.
The Pilgrim’s Progress—John Bunyan’s Greatest Literary Achievement
John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most read and beloved books of all time. What has made this story such a classic?
The Differences Between Typology and Allegory
Is typology a twin of allegory? A distant cousin? Or something far different?
The Creator’s Authorized Realistic Account of Creation: Interpretation of Genesis 1–3 Is Neither Literal Nor Figurative
Instead of arguing whether to read Genesis 1–3 as “literal” or “figurative,” we ought read it as historically factual, as the Bible itself presents it.
