Deeper Thought

Illumination & Deconstructionalism

Meditations & Contemplations:
When Does “Illumination” Start Approaching “Deconstructionalism”

 Interaction with N. T. Wright: The New Testament & The People of God

I was a bit taken aback in another forum recently when a correspondent assigned the label “post-modern” to my manner of Scriptural interpretation.  My initial reactions was “where in the world did that come from?” because my self-analysis would have never even considered such a thing.  Horrors!

Then, in my progress through TNT&TPOG in chapter 3: Literature, Story and the Articulation of World Views, I discovered Wright saying something very similar.

Knowledge, Absolute & Otherwise

Meditations & Contemplations

“Story” and Epistemology

Interaction with N. T. Wright, The New Testament & The People of God,  Chapter Two: Knowledge: Problems and Varieties

Hermeneutics; Theology; Biblical vs Systematic Theology; Philosophy; Federal Vision

Meditations & Contemplations: How Normative Is The Early Church?

 Interaction with N. T. Wright: The New Testament & The People of God

p. 16 ... how(emphasis his) is the history of early Christianity to be (perceived) as relevant for the present day? .... many writers of this and some other centuries have seen the religious experience of the early Christians... as the normative element within Christianity. ... This has the apparent advantage that it enables one to conduct ...study of early Christian religion and theology, with the knowledge that when one has found them one is in touch with the real model of what Christianity is supposed to be like.