In the last couple of posts I’ve been putting some thoughts down on the issue of whether the purpose of the human authors of the Bible are exhaustive of the meaning of the Biblical text. The issue is not whether the human author’s meaning is important, or whether it’s possible to discover it, but whether…

Last week, I began thinking about the role of authorial intent in theology.  The history of British conservative evangelicalism is in some sense a history of hermeneutics. You can listen here to Dick Lucas tell the story of how we moved from hanging ‘a ragbag of holy thoughts’, as my Dad calls it, on a…

What is the connection between conservative British evangelicalism suspicion of: ·      Systematic theology – the whole ‘be a Bible Christian not a system Christian’ type thing ·      Apologetics – why do apologetics when you can do an exposition? ·      Cultural and social engagement – does the Bible really have anything to say about art or…