Welcome to Meditations. The decision to share my meditations on Scripture was primarily for my own benefit as a means of holding myself accountable. I hope you will benefit from them.
In writing these meditation I come from the position that Scriptures is inerrant in the original manuscripts and that God is abundantly able to guide the thoughts of men in translating, transcribing and an preserving them and that He has done so. Consequently, I hold that Scripture interprets Scripture and is thus, properly understood, never at odds with itself. From a philosophical point of view, this is the only position that solves the problem of the one and the many and provides an epistemological basis for certitude. To hold that Scripture is to be interpreted by extra-scriptural considerations simply means that the extra-biblical beliefs to which you hold Scripture subject is your actual rule of faith and practice. Appeals to Scripture in that instance is simply an appeal to authority to support a belief you have adopted on some basis other than the Scriptures. That is your choice. I am OK with that.
Perhaps, at some point, I will detail that apologetic. For the present, my only point in stating this is give you an understanding of my approach to Scripture and to and to make manifest the obvious; i.e., that if you judge Scripture by anything other than Scripture, then Scripture is not the basis of your faith. It is merely a recourse to confirm in your own mind beliefs adopted outside Scripture.
It is my hope that though you may disagree with the approach I take to Scripture, which means soon or late you will disagree with my interpretations, you will find much that is beneficial. Even those who take the same approach find abundant room to disagree; yet, we learn from one another.
In writing these meditation I come from the position that Scriptures is inerrant in the original manuscripts and that God is abundantly able to guide the thoughts of men in translating, transcribing and an preserving them and that He has done so. Consequently, I hold that Scripture interprets Scripture and is thus, properly understood, never at odds with itself. From a philosophical point of view, this is the only position that solves the problem of the one and the many and provides an epistemological basis for certitude. To hold that Scripture is to be interpreted by extra-scriptural considerations simply means that the extra-biblical beliefs to which you hold Scripture subject is your actual rule of faith and practice. Appeals to Scripture in that instance is simply an appeal to authority to support a belief you have adopted on some basis other than the Scriptures. That is your choice. I am OK with that.
Perhaps, at some point, I will detail that apologetic. For the present, my only point in stating this is give you an understanding of my approach to Scripture and to and to make manifest the obvious; i.e., that if you judge Scripture by anything other than Scripture, then Scripture is not the basis of your faith. It is merely a recourse to confirm in your own mind beliefs adopted outside Scripture.
It is my hope that though you may disagree with the approach I take to Scripture, which means soon or late you will disagree with my interpretations, you will find much that is beneficial. Even those who take the same approach find abundant room to disagree; yet, we learn from one another.
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