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I am in my senior term at the Seminary of the Wilderness. My first ten years were spent as bi-vocational pastor/evangelist in Utah preaching of Christ how I knew best and trying to improve by learning theology from Reformed, Wesleyan, Pentecostal, Baptist and other sources. The second ten years were spent as a BVP/E and discovering that I didn't know what I thought I knew and reading the Bible without outside influence. At the beginning of the third ten I started seeing Christ in the OT, and tried to figure out how and why. I intend in the fourth ten to figure out how to communicate what I learned last term. After that I might be useful for something.
My bias in approaching the Bible is that I believe that it exists in a form today sufficiently intact to be considered infallible. That apparent contradictions are intentional riddles designed to guide us in focusing on different aspects of Christ. That sensus plenior exists in a form which is discernible in a verifiable, and reproducible manner. And that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
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Oct 21 |
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How does “Sensus Plenior” differ from Allegory, Gnosticism, Kaballah, and Midrash? I thought I'd wait for the bounty ;-) just kidding. It is probably the best way to get it on the table rather than piece-mealing it through other questions. It took me two years to explain it to another pastor friend, who is now very supportive, so I hope I will be able to do it here. I am really interested in the feedback. |
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Oct 21 |
asked | How does “Sensus Plenior” differ from Allegory, Gnosticism, Kaballah, and Midrash? |
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Oct 21 |
answered | What was lacking in Christ's afflictions? |
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Oct 21 |
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Is there a scriptural warrant for the literal-historical approach? Ok. I limited to just the Lit-Hist method, if there are responses I can add others. |
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Oct 21 |
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Are there scriptural standards by which a hermeneutic method can be measured? If we are supposed to be able to find the source of Jesus's teaching, then an excuse for not finding it is not an answer. If we are not supposed to be able to find his source, then that alone is a sufficient excuse. So the answer only pushed the question down the street. It did not resolve it. |
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Oct 20 |
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Is there a scriptural warrant for the literal-historical approach? focussed on a single approach |
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Oct 20 |
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Are there scriptural standards by which a hermeneutic method can be measured? How do we distinguish between a fact that we should not be able to discern and an excuse for not knowing? |
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Oct 20 |
awarded | Critic |
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Oct 20 |
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What did Isaiah intend with his unusual usage of “create” in Isaiah 45:7? added 10 characters in body |
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Oct 20 |
answered | What did Isaiah intend with his unusual usage of “create” in Isaiah 45:7? |
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Oct 20 |
awarded | Student |
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Oct 20 |
answered | To whom was Isaiah referring in Isaiah 53? |
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Oct 20 |
asked | Are there scriptural standards by which a hermeneutic method can be measured? |
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Oct 20 |
asked | Is there a scriptural warrant for the literal-historical approach? |
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Oct 20 |
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Jesus' command to hate your father and mother in Luke 14:26 typo |
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Oct 20 |
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Jesus' command to hate your father and mother in Luke 14:26 Added evidence from the context |
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Oct 20 |
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Jesus' command to hate your father and mother in Luke 14:26 Added more examples to make the point. |
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Oct 20 |
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Which hermeneutical approaches support a literal interpretation of the Creation account? In Sensus plenior, there is no spiritual meaning unless there is a literal one. However, literal means to interpret by the literary devices used. The sun wasn't made until day 4, therefore the light and dark were caused by something else. If time itself is a result of the fall, then creation happened in timelessness. Timelessness does not demand a lack of sequence. A guy at Berkeley was rewriting the laws of physics as a quantum experience without time in the equations. SP principle: there is no true spiritual meaning if there is not a literal one first. Truth is not built on fiction. |
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Oct 20 |
awarded | Peer Pressure |
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Oct 20 |
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What is an anagogical interpretation and when should it be considered? The catechism is useful for understanding the historical context of the discussion, as are Jewish view points. Modern hermeneutics have evolved from both. |