“I would also argue against importing alien rationalistic norms to apply to Scripture. When the text speaks of a miracle, for example, let us accept the witness of the text. But by the same token, when the text reveals differences… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“Sensing the danger, we pull back as a church and refuse to deal with the evidence at all. Instead of moving ahead, smoothing the… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“If the Lord wishes to use editors and compilers to bring His message to us, that is His decision. And so He has decided.… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“The gospel writers did not simply tell stories for the sake of telling stories, but to touch the lives of their listeners in a… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“To insist that we all view Scripture alike, or that a particular interpretation of a particular passage be enforced somehow, can easily cripple the… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“The words of God’s messengers are treasured by the community to which they are given, perhaps more in later years than when the messenger… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“If you can work through the evidence, your faith and your experience will be much stronger in the end – and you won’t have… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“To insist that we all view Scripture alike, or that a particular interpretation of a particular passage be enforced somehow, can easily cripple the… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“I would also argue against importing alien rationalistic norms to apply to Scripture. When the text speaks of a miracle, for example, let us… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“God impresses His writers to speak to our needs, to tell us of sin when we need a message of judgment, and to tell… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“Though the evidence from Scripture for editing and compiling is obvious and irrefutable, our failure to deal with it bit by bit in the… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
“The evidence for editing and compiling is most obvious in Proverbs and Jeremiah, thus establishing the principle that the words of inspired messengers may… — Alden Thompson Copy Share Image
