Showing posts with label Knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knowledge. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Scripturalism
"Scripturalism is that system of belief in which the Word of God is foundational in the entirety of one’s philosophical and theological dealings. This system of thought avers that Christians should never try to combine secular and Christian notions. Rather, all thoughts are to be brought into captivity to the Word of God (2 Corinthians 10:5), which is (a part of) the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16)." -- "Scripturalism: A Christian Worldview" by W. Gary Crampton in The Trinity Review, March-April 2011
Sunday, January 14, 2007
The best of all
Back sometime around December 2005, on the popular "Road We Travel" blog, the blogger wrote, "The IMB* is the most effective missionary organization with the most effective strategy in the history of Christianity. I am extremely proud of what we are doing and believe wholeheartedly in our staff and board."
I saved this as an illustration of a point. Many years ago an instructor of mine said that such superlative statements as "my association is the best association in the world" imply three things: 1. That I know all of the associations in the world. 2. That I have studied and compared them all. 3. That I am qualified to judge which is the best.
So if we apply this to the statement on "Road We Travel" -- "The IMB is the most effective missionary organization with the most effective strategy in the history of Christianity" -- it is implying: 1. That he knows every missionary organization in the history of Christianity. 2. That he has studied, compared and contrasted every missionary organization in the history of Christianity. 3. That he is qualified to judge which is the best.
I doubt he really meant all that, but was rather expressing his enthusiasm for what he is doing. We should all be careful to not make over zealous remarks that imply we know much more than we do.
* IMB = International Mission Board (of the Southern Baptist Convention)
I saved this as an illustration of a point. Many years ago an instructor of mine said that such superlative statements as "my association is the best association in the world" imply three things: 1. That I know all of the associations in the world. 2. That I have studied and compared them all. 3. That I am qualified to judge which is the best.
So if we apply this to the statement on "Road We Travel" -- "The IMB is the most effective missionary organization with the most effective strategy in the history of Christianity" -- it is implying: 1. That he knows every missionary organization in the history of Christianity. 2. That he has studied, compared and contrasted every missionary organization in the history of Christianity. 3. That he is qualified to judge which is the best.
I doubt he really meant all that, but was rather expressing his enthusiasm for what he is doing. We should all be careful to not make over zealous remarks that imply we know much more than we do.
* IMB = International Mission Board (of the Southern Baptist Convention)
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