Part 1: Components of Your Lens
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Part 1: Components of Your Lens
Week 4: views on scripture
reasondeliberative
experiencerelationships
traditionslearned or passed down
scriptureprescriptive
a review
reason: definition, application, pros & cons
a review
tradition: definition, application, pros & cons
a review
relational & experience: definition, application, pros & cons
scripture
aka. prescriptive approach
scripture
Principles & Codes
John Calvin
John Calvin
Law is not the foundation of ethics that rests in the character of the sovereign God. But the Law is an expression of God’s character and
primary arbiter in all human decisions – p. 137
John Calvin
pedagogical
John Calvin
civil
John Calvin
guide (rejected by Luther) i.e. the will of God
Carl Henry
Christianity Today
Carl Henry
Yes Love, but What is it?
Carl Henry
Love in the Bible is a particularization of the will of God and
finds its most explicit expression in Jesus Christ
Richard Mouw
Fuller Seminary
Richard Mouw
God’s Command = Scripture
John Howard Yoder
The Politics of Jesus
John Howard Yoder
God’s Command = JesusGod’s Self Disclosure
John Howard Yoder
Christocentric focus in Reading the Bible
Reflection
Pros
Cons
What’s Next?
exegesis & hermeneutics