Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 4d)
Having discussed two seminal axioms of language that seem to qualify as “received laws of language” (the Univocal Nature of Language and... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 4c)
Having established two axiomatic principles of language that govern the intelligible use of words (the Univocal Nature of Language and the Jurisdiction... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 4b)
A second received law of language that may be deduced from common usage is the Jurisdiction of Authorial Intent. I proposed last week... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 4a)
We come now to the heart of this series, viz., a discovery of the “received laws of language” that we as humans... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 3)
This blog post is fairly ambitious, seeking to answer two questions: How can we prove the existence of universally “received laws of... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 2)
When evaluating the truth or error of any proposed theological statement or system, there are two primary questions that the theologian asks:... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 1)
For decades it was assumed, by both sides of the debate between dispensational and Reformed theology, that the primary distinction between the... Read More
A Coalition for the Advancement of Realized Eschatology?
This week the Gospel Coalition’s annual meeting features a panel discussion with panelists who reject the Gospel. On the face of things... Read More
What Shall We Do with Moses?
A couple of weeks back Bob Jones University made the news by apologizing for statements made a generation ago suggesting that homosexuals... Read More
On "Preferences" and Church Membership
Another week of blogs, another contribution to the relentless stream of warnings to all Christians everywhere never to let music preference be... Read More