Sola Scriptura and The Spectrum of Scriptural Authority (IV): Hyper-Literalism, Rationalism, and Prima Scriptura

To some extent the rise of Dispensationalism in the early 20th century can be understood as an expression of this same reaction-to-liberalism dynamic, even though the theological system it spawned (despite its claims) was actually proven to be an inaccurate and unfaithful interpretation of the Scripture itself. It's hyper-literalism proved to be selective and driven by certain commitments. Once these were undermined by more solid exegesis, the entire system collapsed like a great house of cards.

Limited Epistemology and the Place of the Lost in Cosmology (II)

Modern Christians lament the sixteenth century Copernican Shift which initiated the reformulation of not just cosmology but epistemology and more fundamental questions such as meaning, teleology, and to what extent truth can be ascertained. If man and the Earth he inhabits is not the centre of the universe, then just what does that say?

Limited Epistemology and the Place of the Lost in Cosmology (I)

At certain times it hits you. Someone you know dies and that someone was a lost person, and you think about their life and you wonder what was it for?

Postscript: Pending Crises and Doctrinal Corollaries Viewed Through a First Reformational Lens

Recovering the First Reformation - Toward a Proto-Protestant Narrative of Church History (XIX)

There are several additional areas that are relevant to the larger discussion of reform, the application of Scriptural authority and especially the question of Scriptural Sufficiency. These are all issues that have been visited throughout this larger body of writings. Not all require a hard-line stand, not all are what we might call gospel issues but given the scope of today's problem and since the ideas surrounding the question of reform and its implications are on the table, they're worthy of consideration.

Jeremiah 3: Covenant Lands and Kerygma Colonies

The marriage language of Jeremiah 3 contains the common Covenant language with regard to blessings and curses. This is why some have posited the existence of a Covenant of Works (or typological Edenic reiteration) overlay to the already extant covenant arrangements. On an individual level salvation was by grace through faith but corporately speaking, as a people the Israelites were in a works-based arrangement. Obedience meant staying in the land and disobedience meant to be cast out from it, to be under curse.