Part 1: Components of Your Lens

Week 4: views on scripture

reasondeliberative

experiencerelationships

traditionslearned or passed down

scriptureprescriptive

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

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 = JesusGod’s Self Disclosure

John Howard Yoder

Christocentric focus in Reading the Bible

Reflection

Pros

Cons

What’s Next?

exegesis & hermeneutics