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John Walvoord

Should we really interpret the Bible literally when possible?

July 26, 2011 by Randal

In my previous article I focused on a common hermeneutical principle among fundamentalists. I called it the “literal when possible principle” (henceforth LPP) and I noted an example from it in the writings of John Walvoord, one of the preeminent fundamentalist scholars of the twentieth century. I then presented four arguments against it. Unfortunately a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, fundamentalism, hermeneutics, idiom, interpretation, John Walvoord, literary trope

How fundamentalists undermine the authority of scripture

July 25, 2011 by Randal

Christian fundamentalists like to trumpet the authority of scripture over all things. Unfortunately the way that fundamentalists read scripture tends to undermine that authority. The key problem is that fundamentalists widely subscribe to a hermeneutical (that is interpretive) principle that the text should be interpreted literally when possible. This is how George Marsden, perhaps the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, fundamentalism, Genesis, George Marsden, hermeneutics, inerrancy, inspiration, John Walvoord, Ken Ham, literal interpretation

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