Risking The Truth is subtitled: Handling Error In The Church. The format is different. Rather than featuring one author, or a series of essays by a number of authors, the book is composed of twenty interviews that cover the theory and practice of ‘asserting, maintaining and defending’ the truth of the Scriptures. (I use the …

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her⋅me⋅neu⋅tics [hur-muh-noo-tiks, -nyoo-] –noun (used with a singular verb) 1. the science of interpretation, esp. of the Scriptures. 2. the branch of theology that deals with the principles of Biblical exegesis. Previously I wrote about this subject and the focus was on ‘Homerneutics‘, the practice of reading your own meaning into a text of Scripture. …

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The slow barge, pack mule and carrier pidgeon have come through again. The August Australian Presbyterian examines the theme of Reforming the Church. While the Protestant Reformation is primarily associated with the issue of salvation by grace alone through faith alone there was also a tremendous amount of reform in the life of the church …

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her⋅me⋅neu⋅tics [hur-muh-noo-tiks, -nyoo-] –noun (used with a singular verb) 1. the science of interpretation, esp. of the Scriptures. 2. the branch of theology that deals with the principles of Biblical exegesis. Got to thinking about the way the Bible gets interpreted and taught today. There is a stream of interpretation and teaching that I’m calling …

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