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My Thoughts on “The Bible Made Impossible” (6)
Smith, Christian. The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2012. Kindle Edition. After two brief posts on the specific subject of the Christological Hermeneutic—introduced in Chapter 5 of Smith’s book—this post returns to the next chapter, “Accepting Complexity and Ambiguity.” As Smith states,…
The Christological Hermeneutic (2)
What’s My Problem Anyway? So, you ask—and rightly so—“Why do you, as a follower of Jesus, have any problems whatsoever with the Christological Hermeneutic?” Let me say at the outset, I’ve been a follower of Jesus for 46 years and I plan to be a follower of Jesus for the remainder of my life. My…
The Christological Hermeneutic (1)
What Some of Its Apologists Say[1] I realize, as I quote these four scholars regarding their explanation of the Christological Hermeneutic, that explanations among its apologists vary in intensity of conviction and range of application—e.g., compare Boyd’s boldly stated absolute certainty with Seibert’s and Baker Putt’s more open-minded, less certain approach. For me, these four…
My Thoughts on “The Bible Made Impossible” (5)
Smith, Christian. The Bible Made Impossible. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2012. Kindle Edition. Chapter 5: The Christocentric Hermeneutical Key Many Christian authors, scholars, and Bible readers who find parts of their chosen biblical anthology problematic have favoured some form of a Christocentric lens as their hermeneutical tool. By reading the Old and New Testaments…
My Thoughts on “The Bible Made Impossible” (4)
Smith, Christian. The Bible Made Impossible. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2012. Kindle Edition. Chapter 3: Some Relevant History, Sociology, and Psychology Most biblicists carry on with unperturbed confidence in biblicist assumptions and beliefs, paying little attention to the ramifications of multiple counterclaims about rival biblical teachings. Why and how can this be? The answers…
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The Musings of a Skeptical Believer 