Ryan Hurd from the Davenant Institute joins us to talk about the "spiritual" and "literal" readings of Scripture. Evangelicals often misunderstand the "literal" sense as referring only to the historicity of the Bible. But the church throughout the ages understood the literal sense in terms of the "letters" of the text in addition to its historicity. The "literal" and "spiritual" readings do not oppose one another, but work together as a cohesive unit in order to deepen our understanding of God through his word. Ryan draws upon Origen, Augustine, and Aquinas in order to retrieve the classic senses of Scripture that Christians utilized for ages. We also talk about ways ordinary lay readers can grow in their reading of Scripture in a way that furthers their joy and worship of God.
Show Notes
Ryan Hurd is a systematic theologian whose area of expertise is doctrine of God, specifically the Trinity. His primary training is in the high medieval and early modern scholastics as well as the 20th century ressourcement movement. He has written a number of articles and regularly does translations of early modern theology sources; but his primary project is writing a systematics of the Trinity.
Master of the Sacred Page Video Series by Ryan Hurd
Calvin on Suffering and Trials (Reformation Series Ep.08)
How Catholicism Turned Me Protestant with Onsi Kamel (Reformation Series Ep.07)
Calvin’s Cure for Cage Stage Calvinists (Reformation Series Ep.06)
Podcast Recap: Chris Castaldo on Why Do Protestants Become Catholic?
Why Protestants Should Read the Desert Fathers with Dr. Matt Hoskin (Reformation Series Ep.05)
Why Do Protestants Become Catholic? with Chris Castaldo (Reformation Series Ep.04)
How the Reformation Began (Reformation Series Ep.03)
Why Protestants Should Read the Church Fathers with Dr. Michael Haykin (Reformation Series Ep.02)
The Appeal of Catholicism and the Need to be Protestant (Reformation Series Ep.01)
Leading Through Church Conflict with Steven Lee
Herman Bavinck and the Modern World with Dr. Gray Sutanto
American History and the End Times with Dr. James Strasburg
God’s Promise of Blessing with Mike Glodo
Facing the Fear of Death with Dr. Guy Waters
Transforming Your Life Through Spiritual Disciplines with Rev. Michael Petty
Can We Trust the Old Testament? with Dr. Peter Lee
Why Preaching Matters with Les Newsom
Has the Church Replaced Israel? with Dr. Gerald McDermott
Catholics vs. Protestants on the Bible with Dr. Gregg Allison
Can We Have Christianity Without the Miracles? (Orthodoxy IX)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Cast The Word
Let Me Be Frank | Bishop Frank Caggiano’s Podcast | Diocese of Bridgeport, CT
The Kingdom Power Fellowship Podcast
The Bible Recap
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)