Bible Quote by Craig Blomberg

“The Bible may be more than an ordinary human book but it's not less, and the same principles therefore apply in interpreting it as in interpreting what my wife wants me to do. Only the stakes are even higher!” quote by Craig Blomberg — Download Open image

“The Bible may be more than an ordinary human book but it's not less, and the same principles therefore apply in interpreting it as in interpreting what my wife wants me to do. Only the stakes are even higher!”

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The Bible itself claims that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom".

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With every literary genre or form come some conventional expectations that the biblical authors either follow or deviate from.

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“I wonder how often evangelical Christians in today’s world have completely inverted these priorities, kowtowing to the overly conservative, judgmental insiders and blasting away…

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“Does one approach the Scriptures (or any other influential document or collection of documents in the history of world civilization) with a hermeneutics of…

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