As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
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7. By allowing their interpretations of the NT to have veto over the plain sense of the OT this outlook creates massive discontinuities between the wording of the two Testaments. This is all done for the sake of a contrived continuity demanded by the one-people of God concept of the Covenant of Grace.
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4. CT deals with everything it meets in the pages of Scripture using these false covenants.
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3. CT relies upon covenants found nowhere in Holy Writ.
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2. CT starts its reading of the Bible in the wrong place.
A recent forum discussion raised the question of what role the narrative portions of Scripture have for establishing Christian doctrine. The question had two parts: “What is sound doctrine concerning the doctrinal importance of narratives in Scripture? Who decides what is the correct view and what is not?”
I remember hearing a lot of bad preaching from narrative, growing up. I also heard a lot of good preaching from narrative. One lesson learned: If we don’t respect what narrative is, we can easily miss what God intended and even abuse the Scriptures.
“On Monday (August 22), Desiring God published an article titled ‘O Beard Where Art Thou,’ wherein Greg Morse argued that growing a beard is a matter of theological significance.” - C.Leaders
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1. CT is a mainly deductive approach to reading the Bible.
“…1 Samuel 28 where a medium from Endor sets up a conversation between living Saul and dead Samuel. We will begin by exploring what the text says, making special note of what the author communicates in the immediate context.” - DBTS Blog
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