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Removing the Ancient Landmark of a Grammatical Historical Interpretation for a Newer, Allegorical One
Remove Not the Ancient Landmark I wrote this title tongue in cheek and for an illustrative purpose. The most ancient interpretation of a passage is an originalist one. Originalist is as far back, as ancient, as one can get. You can’t go any further back in history than the original. That means that something that […]
The Method of Allegory for Interpretation and the Parallel with Modern Progressive Interpretation
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Allegorical Interpretation, the Historical Deviation Point Allegorical interpretation boldly marks the point of deviation from the path of biblical truth in the history of the church. When God inspired the words and the books of scripture, they meant what He meant in the verbal, plenary […]
You Can’t Separate the Distorted Doctrine from Its Deviant Source of Allegorical Interpretation
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Doctrine, False or True, Emerges from Interpretation When you read a doctrinal statement, you might see scripture references attached as proof texts for the various doctrinal pronouncements. That could serve to signal that the doctrine comes from the Bible. Someone might use a verse […]
What Makes a Postmillennialist Like Douglas Wilson Afraid of Preaching a Book: My Take
Douglas Wilson’s Fear of Teaching Isaiah A few weeks ago Douglas Wilson posted a video in an interview with Joe Rigney, an associate pastor at his church, where he was asked why he wouldn’t preach on certain books of the Bible. For instance, he had not preached through Isaiah and wouldn’t because of the difficulty […]
God and the Bible Are Dispensational (Part Two)
Part One I’m not the first person to call a literal approach to the Bible, a “desert island” approach. Stuck on an island alone, you have only a Bible. Except for a plain reading, you have nothing to tell you what it means. You could only take a literal approach. You would read a dispensational […]
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