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Part 1: Components of Your Lens. Week 4: views on scripture. r eason deliberative. e xperience relationships. t raditions l earned or passed down. s cripture prescriptive. a review. r eason: definition, application, pros & cons. a review.
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Part 1: Components of Your Lens Week 4: views on scripture
reason deliberative experience relationships traditions learned or passed down scripture prescriptive
a review reason: definition, application, pros & cons
a review tradition: definition, application, pros & cons
a review relational & experience: definition, application, pros & cons
scripture aka. prescriptive approach
scripture Principles & Codes
John Calvin Law is not the foundation of ethics that rests in the character of the sovereign God. But the Law is an expression of God’s character and primary arbiter in all human decisions – p. 137
John Calvin pedagogical
John Calvin civil
John Calvin guide (rejected by Luther) i.e. the will of God
Carl Henry Christianity Today
Carl Henry Yes Love, but What is it?
Carl Henry Love in the Bible is a particularization of the will of God and finds its most explicit expression in Jesus Christ
Richard Mouw Fuller Seminary
Richard Mouw God’s Command = Scripture
John Howard Yoder The Politics of Jesus
John Howard Yoder God’s Command = Jesus God’s Self Disclosure
John Howard Yoder Christocentric focus in Reading the Bible
What’s Next? exegesis & hermeneutics