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The Troublesome Doctrine of Biblical Authority

Scott Redd
Oct 25, 2017
In the years 1518--1519, the Leipzig Debates were called and conducted between Johann Eck and Martin Luther, among others, in Pleissenburg Castle in Leipzig Germany. At the time, Luther would have presented the latest instance of the annoying humanists and reformers who seemed to be popping up...

The Reformation: A Bible Movement (Part 3)

Scott Redd
Feb 2, 2016
In the first two posts in this series, we considered the way in which the Reformers viewed the Scriptures as to its authority and clarity . In this final installment, we turn our attention to the need for clarity in the propagation of Scripture for reformation today. For those committed to the...

The Reformation: A Bible Movement (Part 2)

Scott Redd
Dec 29, 2015
In the first post in this series we briefly considered the way in which the Reformers viewed the Scriptures--as they are in truth, the authoritative written word of God. But God’s Word is not only uniquely authoritative; it is also uniquely clear, or perspicuous . It is intelligible and...

The Reformation: A Bible Movement (Part 1)

Scott Redd
Nov 13, 2015
Does God speak to us, and if he does, can we understand him? This two-part question, much more than the question of the existence of God, is particularly relevant today. Most polls of religious views show that somewhere between seventy and ninety percent of Americans believe in God (74% in this...

How Jeremiah leans on Deuteronomy

Scott Redd
Aug 10, 2015
What would Plato be without Socrates, or Timothy without Paul, or Luther without Augustine, or Foucault without Nietzsche, or Bob without Woody, or Elvis, The Beatles, and every hair-spritzed glam rocker to follow them without the blues riff? Ask this and you get a sense of the architectonic...

How Jeremiah leans on Deuteronomy

Scott Redd
Aug 10, 2015
What would Plato be without Socrates, or Timothy without Paul, or Luther without Augustine, or Foucault without Nietzsche, or Bob without Woody, or Elvis, The Beatles, and every hair-spritzed glam rocker to follow them without the blues riff? Ask this and you get a sense of the architectonic...

Joyful Exiles

Scott Redd
Jul 16, 2015
When talk turns to exile, Christians ought to understand the full sense of that term. God’s kingdom does not advance despite opposition from the world, but as a result of it. The church is experiencing her own exilic quality in many parts of the world, and the American church should not think...

The Dynamics of Biblical Mystery

Scott Redd
May 4, 2015
G.K. Beale and Benjamin Gladd. Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical Theology of Mystery . Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2014. 392 pp. $27.00. The current interest in Christ-centered preaching owes many of its finer products to the redemptive historical method and this method's constitutive...

The Dynamics of Biblical Mystery

Scott Redd
May 4, 2015
G.K. Beale and Benjamin Gladd. Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical Theology of Mystery . Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2014. 392 pp. $27.00. The current interest in Christ-centered preaching owes many of its finer products to the redemptive historical method and this method's constitutive...

Avoiding a Spirit of Lethargy (Part 2)

Scott Redd
Mar 12, 2015
The previous post in this two-part series began with the problem of spiritual lethargy which led us to the passage in Heb 6:1-12, a passage that is written for the expressed purpose that it would help against spiritually lethargy (v.12). One might raise the question of how. How does it work? How...

Avoiding a Spirit of Lethargy (Part 1)

Scott Redd
Feb 12, 2015
Do I have what it takes? It’s a question that all of us have asked ourselves. Some of you ask it every day. Do I have what it takes to succeed in this life? What if I don’t? What would they say about me? The pressure of the question can be so great that some of us are tempted to fail...

Biblical Inerrancy and the Greener Pastures Fallacy

Scott Redd
Oct 23, 2014
There has been quite a lot of discussion in recent years about evangelical scholarship in the Old Testament and the validity of the doctrine of Scriptural inerrancy. As I watch from my perch in an evangelical and Reformed seminary, I have a few preliminary thoughts on some of the issues that seem...

The Time and Manner of Family Worship

Scott Redd
Sep 18, 2014
In the first post in this series we briefly considered the heart of family worship. In this post we turn our attention to the timing and manner of family worship. The Timing of Family Worship When thinking about the right time for family worship, don't be afraid to experiment with different...

The Heart of Family Worship

Scott Redd
Aug 19, 2014
My wife and I like to talk about family worship--not because we have it all figured out, but because we actually enjoy experimenting with different ways to draw ourselves and our five daughters to God (Yes, five! Yes, daughters!). Of course, family worship with little children can be particularly...