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Category Archives: Hermeneutics
The Blue Parakeet: Corollaries — The Gospel Hermeneutic (the Faith part)
In Galatians 5, at the apex of his argument, after four chapters of elaborate explication, Paul declares a profound principle—one that the reader is to understand as being just as true as can be: “The only thing that counts is … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Parakeet, The Blue Parakeet, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Blue Parakeet, faith, Galatians, Hermeneutics, justification, paul, Scot Mcknight
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The Blue Parakeet: Corollaries — Positive Law
We’ve worked through several examples about how this Story/narrative approach to Bible study pushes us to rethink some familiar passages. Now that the quarter is nearly over, I want to sort through some additional hermeneutical principles built on the narrative … Continue reading
CENI: A Better Way — The Acts of the Apostles
Let’s try the same thing with Acts. After all, Luke wrote Acts as something of a sequel to his Gospel. Let’s again purge from our minds the notion that Acts is all about baptism. It’s not. Let’s try to take … Continue reading
Posted in CENI, Uncategorized
Tagged Acts, All, breaking bread, CENI, Church of Christ Links, deacons, elders, Holy Spirit, order of worship, patternism
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CENI: A Better Way — The Gospels
Take a deep breath and repeat after me: “The New Testament is neither a constitution nor a blueprint. The New Testament is neither a constitution nor a blueprint. The New Testament is neither a constitution nor a blueprint.” Much of … Continue reading
CENI: The Laws Behind the Curtain
What’s really going on? Why do our leaders feel so comfortable — so insistent — that their interpretations are right, when it’s obvious that the scriptural support for many of their positions is very, very thin? Well, it all goes … Continue reading
Posted in CENI, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexander Campbell, All, CENI, Church of Christ Links, Dave Miller, John Mark Hicks
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The Blue Parakeet: The Story and Women, Part 2
Let’s skip ahead all the way to the central controversial text of the controversy — (1 Tim 2:11-14) A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Parakeet, The Blue Parakeet, Uncategorized
Tagged All, Blue Parakeet, Scot Mcknight, women in ministry
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The Blue Parakeet: The Story and Women, Part 1
In The Blue Parakeet, Scot McKnight spends about half the book showing how the narrative approach to hermeneutics changes our thinking on the role of women in the church. In our lesson series, we’re not going to spend so much … Continue reading
CENI: Necessary Inferences
The “NI” in CENI is necessary inference. Now, I majored in mathematics, and to us mathematicians, an inference is not “necessary” unless it is proven to a mathematical certainty. The Church of Christ approach to necessary inference is something else. … Continue reading
Posted in CENI, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexander Campbell, All, CENI, Church of Christ Links, five acts of worship, necessary inference
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CENI: Binding Examples
As we considered in the earlier posts in this series, the “E” in CENI stands for “examples,” generally spoken of as approved examples or binding examples. Now, originally, the idea was a simple one: any approved example certainly shows that … Continue reading
Posted in CENI, Uncategorized
Tagged All, CENI, Church of Christ Links, command example necessary inference
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The Blue Parakeet/Ed Stetzer: A Conversation About the Flood and Inerrancy
The scene is a table in a smokey barbecue restaurant. An elder (Ed), a deacon (Dan), and the head of the adult Bible class program (Harry) are eating to discuss curriculum. Harry: I really appreciate you all joining me for lunch. … Continue reading
