Encore: Does the Bible Give Us “No Stable Moral Code” as Richard Hays and Two Fuller Seminary Professors Contend?
God has not changed his mind on homosexual practice.
The Neo-Calvinist Dutchman and the Angelic Doctor at The Olympic Shooting Range: Bavinck and Aquinas on the Knowledge of God
Thomas Aquinas and Herman Bavinck face off in a match of theological marksmanship. Who will get the gold?
No Plato, Yes Scripture: Why We Don’t Need Plato to Tell Us How to Understand Our Bibles
The ingredients for sound Christian doctrine may occasionally be found in Plato, but they are always found in Scripture. So let’s do theology from Scripture and not any other philosophy.
Is Platonic Language a Capitulation?
If we use Platonic language in Christian theology, we must always remember that God exists outside of and apart from his creation. If we fail to do that, we have fundamentally misunderstood who God is as revealed in Scripture.
Know Scripture, No Need for Platonism: Revelational Epistemology Has Priority Over Remnantal Sophistry
Is Christian Platonism a necessary lens for rightly interpreting the Bible? Absolutely not! Scripture provides its own worldview and does not depend upon any worldly philosophy.
Book Review of Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Premodern Exegesis, by Craig A. Carter
In the arena of biblical interpretation, Carter has thrown down the gauntlet and opened up Pandora’s box. But is Christian Platonism the way forward?
Taking Every Thought Captive to Christ (Colossians 2:6–10)
If Christ is truly over all, then he is also over human wisdom and philosophy. May we who have been graciously granted the mind of Christ subject all our thoughts to him.
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.
Hearing God Right: A Closer Look at Hebrews 1:5
In order to hear God rightly, we must know how to listen well. And we learn to listen well by paying careful attention to how the biblical authors themselves listened to Scripture.
3.9 David Schrock and Stephen Wellum • Interview • “The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Christian Theology by the Book”
Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum discuss Ardel Caneday’s essay “The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Christian Theology by the Book.”
3.8 Ardel Caneday • Reading • “The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Christian Theology by the Book”
Systematic Theology is inextricably linked to the understanding of individual biblical texts. But what if those texts are obscured by extra-Biblical historical backgrounds that lead away from a biblical author’s intended meaning? Sound exegesis must begin with a firm commitment to the sufficiency of Scripture.
The Sufficiency of Scripture in Doing Christian Theology by the Book
Systematic Theology is inextricably linked to the understanding of individual biblical texts. But what if those texts are obscured by extra-Biblical historical backgrounds that lead away from a biblical author’s intended meaning? Sound exegesis must begin with a firm commitment to the sufficiency of Scripture.
