Bible Quote by William G.T. Shedd

“The greatest rule in doing biblical exegesis is that the immediate context of a passage is crucial in determining the meaning of that passage.”

— Peter A. Lillback

“To reason with the non-Christian in a fashion purporting to be independent of God or independent of reliance upon revelation is to honor the…

— Greg L. Bahnsen

“biblical theology by definition comes from the biblical text (or ought to), not from Christian history or the writings of Christians about the Bible.…

— Michael S. Heiser

“We must warn against an incorrect conception of theology, a conception which considers it possible to discuss Holy Scripture apart from a personal relationship…

— G C Berkouwer

“Theological discourses function in various ways as sites of contestation and resistance, of forming new religious and personal identities, and of building solidarities. Theological…

— Namsoon Kang

“The constant challenge in Christian theology is to preach the whole counsel of God, while not emphazing one point of doctrine in a way…

— Joel R. Beeke

In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason.

— Johannes Kepler

“To understand the truth on any biblical teaching, we must consider all the passages on a subject.”

— United Church of God

“People were no longer concerned with understanding what a text said or what a thing was from the aspect of its fulfillment, but from…

— Pope Benedict XVI

“Expressed otherwise in terms of the principle of context—a principle essential for sound understanding of any text but preeminently and uniquely so for Scripture—every…

— Peter A. Lillback

“When theology is fixated on the task of clarifying topics as categories, theology becomes esoteric and disconnected from the lived experience where Christian faith…

— Frederick L. Ware

“Historical exegesis is only the preliminary part of interpretation; application is its essence. Exegesis without application should not be called interpretation at all.”

— J.I. Packer