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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.


Oct
21
comment 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.
Oct
21
asked How does “Sensus Plenior” differ from Allegory, Gnosticism, Kaballah, and Midrash?
Oct
21
answered What was lacking in Christ's afflictions?
Oct
21
comment 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.
Oct
21
comment 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.
Oct
20
revised Is there a scriptural warrant for the literal-historical approach?
focussed on a single approach
Oct
20
comment 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?
Oct
20
awarded  Critic
Oct
20
revised What did Isaiah intend with his unusual usage of “create” in Isaiah 45:7?
added 10 characters in body
Oct
20
answered What did Isaiah intend with his unusual usage of “create” in Isaiah 45:7?
Oct
20
awarded  Student
Oct
20
answered To whom was Isaiah referring in Isaiah 53?
Oct
20
asked Are there scriptural standards by which a hermeneutic method can be measured?
Oct
20
asked Is there a scriptural warrant for the literal-historical approach?
Oct
20
revised Jesus' command to hate your father and mother in Luke 14:26
typo
Oct
20
revised Jesus' command to hate your father and mother in Luke 14:26
Added evidence from the context
Oct
20
revised Jesus' command to hate your father and mother in Luke 14:26
Added more examples to make the point.
Oct
20
comment 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.
Oct
20
awarded  Peer Pressure
Oct
20
comment 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.