Martin Luther’s beloved wife once said to her husband that she could not believe the story of Abraham and Isaac because God would never treat a son like that. “But Katie,” Luther replied, “he did treat his son like that” (R. C. Sproul, The Consequences of Ideas p. 153.
Tight Bible Study
“Of course we want to say that he should handle it wisely and well, but this is not helpful when it comes to the basics of exegesis. Wisely and well by what standard? Most conservative evangelical pastors have been trained in what is called the historical/grammatical method of exegesis, but which might more accurately be […]
Empiricism and Psychology I
“Empiricism is the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from the senses—what we see, hear, hold, weigh, and measure. Obviously, moral truth cannot be stuffed into a test tube or studied under a microscope. As a result, moral statements were no longer considered truths at all, but merely expressions of emotion” (Nancy Pearcey, Saving Leonardo, […]