Who Is The “Wretched Man” Of Romans 7:14-25
When push comes to shove, there are but three basic interpretations of Romans 7:14-25: (1) Paul was writing about his pre-Christian experience under the law of ...
Category: Hermeneutics
The Necessity Of A Necessary Inference
CENI (C=command, E=example, and NI=necessary inference) is an acronym that identifies the three ways the Bible teaches us its truths. The necessity of a necessa...
Interpreting Scripture
All of us—every last one of us—employ some system of interpretation (viz., a hermeneutic) when trying to understand the Bible. For clarity’s sake, let me set fo...
Rejecting CENI
Several years ago I had a discussion with a brother who rejected CENI (C=command, E=example, and NI=necessary inference) as a “divinely-approved means” of inter...
A Review Of The Inductive-Deductive Method
The Greeks (Aristotle, Plato et al.) and later the Scholastics (who were primarily Roman Catholic theologians) were thoroughly enamored with deductive reasoning...
What Does The Bible Really Teach About Predestination?
The Bible tells us the “Father of glory” (Ephesians 1:17), the “Lord of glory” (1 Corinthians 2:8) and the “Spirit of glory” (1 Peter 4:14) are all three involv...
Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places
Like that old Johnny Lee song, “Looking For Love,” I’m afraid some of us (myself included) have been “looking for love in all the wrong places.” In Romans 12:9,...