3 Simple Rules for Biblical Hermeneutics

3 Simple Rules for Biblical Hermeneutics  Context,Context,Context : When deriving the meaning of scripture, we must start with the local context that it is being used in, check the surrounding verses first and expand if needs be. Move out to consider the whole chapter, the whole book, other books by the author, and even the whole of scripture if necessary, because… Scripture can not contradict scripture. If your interpretation of scripture contradicts scripture elsewhere, you have an improper interpretation of scripture. Scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, it can’t contradict itself. In order to combat this, you should… Always apply … Continue reading 3 Simple Rules for Biblical Hermeneutics

Gordon Clark vs Cornelius Van Til Controversy

The following are excerpts from the paper The Gordon Clark and Cornelius Van Til Controversy by Jared Moore [PDF/MP3] and give a good summary of the controversy: Clark believed that man’s knowledge and God’s knowledge are quantitatively different but not qualitatively different. Instead of a two-fold theory of truth, he believed that truth is one. If man knows an item of truth, and both God and man know the identical item, then on this item God’s knowledge and man’s knowledge coincide. Yet, man can never know exhaustively and completely God’s knowledge of any truth in all its relationships and implications because … Continue reading Gordon Clark vs Cornelius Van Til Controversy

What does it mean to be reformed?

What is reformed? It’s a question many people have, and I will give the criteria by which I judge someone to be reformed. This list is in no way a definitive and authoritative list, but it is the one I personally use to distinguish between reformed and not. One of the first tenets of being a reformed Christian is to affirm the five “Solas” of the reformation. Sola Fide – by faith alone. Sola Scriptura – by Scripture alone. Solus Christus – through Christ alone. Sola Gratia – by grace alone. Soli Deo Gloria – to the glory of God … Continue reading What does it mean to be reformed?