Comments on: Hearing the Word, seeking justice http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/04/hearing-the-word-seeking-justice/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Saint and Sinner http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/04/hearing-the-word-seeking-justice/#comment-18097 Saint and Sinner Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:13:03 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10820#comment-18097 "Calvinist" Plantinga is a member of a Dutch Reformed church, but he has made statements that contradict historic Calvinism (such as his adherence to libertarian free-will). I wouldn't call him a Calvinist. “Calvinist”

Plantinga is a member of a Dutch Reformed church, but he has made statements that contradict historic Calvinism (such as his adherence to libertarian free-will). I wouldn’t call him a Calvinist.

]]> By: Steve Drake http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2011/04/hearing-the-word-seeking-justice/#comment-17966 Steve Drake Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:18:42 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=10820#comment-17966 David said, 'Warranted Christian Belief'. Here Plantinga distinguishes between two ways of approaching the Bible: (1) Traditional Christian Biblical Commentary (TCBC) and (2) Historical Biblical Criticism (HBC).' Also, 'HBC differs from TCBC in that the former “is fundamentally an enlightenment project; it is an effort to try to determine from the standpoint of reason alone what the Scriptural teachings are and whether they are true. Thus HBC eschews the authority and guidance of tradition, magisterium, creed, or any kind of ecclesial or ‘external’ epistemic authority.' And, regarding TCBC, 'First, Scripture itself is taken to be a wholly authoritative and trustworthy guide to faith and morals; it is authoritative and trustworthy, because it is a revelation from God, a matter of God speaking to us. . . . Secondly, an assumption of the enterprise is that the principal author of the Bible — the entire Bible — is God himself. . . . Thirdly . . . the fact that the principal author of the Bible is God himself means that one cannot always determine the meaning of a given passage by discovering what the human author had in mind.' Perhaps apropos in the discussions and comments on the thread 'What did Jesus Know, and When did He know it?' David said,
‘Warranted Christian Belief’. Here Plantinga distinguishes between two ways of approaching the Bible: (1) Traditional Christian Biblical Commentary (TCBC) and (2) Historical Biblical Criticism (HBC).’

Also,
‘HBC differs from TCBC in that the former “is fundamentally an enlightenment project; it is an effort to try to determine from the standpoint of reason alone what the Scriptural teachings are and whether they are true. Thus HBC eschews the authority and guidance of tradition, magisterium, creed, or any kind of ecclesial or ‘external’ epistemic authority.’

And, regarding TCBC,
‘First, Scripture itself is taken to be a wholly authoritative and trustworthy guide to faith and morals; it is authoritative and trustworthy, because it is a revelation from God, a matter of God speaking to us. . . . Secondly, an assumption of the enterprise is that the principal author of the Bible — the entire Bible — is God himself. . . . Thirdly . . . the fact that the principal author of the Bible is God himself means that one cannot always determine the meaning of a given passage by discovering what the human author had in mind.’

Perhaps apropos in the discussions and comments on the thread ‘What did Jesus Know, and When did He know it?’

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