NDI - A Wesleyan Understanding of the Authority of Scripture Part 2 by T. A. Noble

T. A. Noble considers the role given to Scripture in the New Testament church, in the patristic era, at the Reformation, during the Enlightenment, and in the nineteenth century. That will bring us to consider the Reformation/Evangelical view today, including the questions raised by historians, scientists, and by hermeneutics. The Wesleyan position will then be explored more specifically, including what has been called ‘the Wesleyan Quadrilateral’ and how that should be properly understood.

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00:00 Intro

00:36 A Wesleyan Understanding of the Authority of Scripture Part 2

22:41 If Jesus is the self revelation of God, is it problematic to say that the Bible is the self revelation of God so that scripture becomes a quasi-fourth person of the Trinity? 

24:28 If the Nazarene view can be thought of as Soteriological inerrancy, does that not lead to picking and choosing what passages are really connected to salvation issues; thus picking what passages are authoritative for us, and what passages we can dismiss?

27:21 When we interpret scripture, how do we know when our interpretation is going off base? How do we test our interpretation?

40:51 What are the other alternatives to the historical critical approach? How many other approaches are there?

43:32 In interpreting scripture, what part does personal experience play?

47:26 Can you highlight some things that we've adopted in our social consciousness in the church that is influenced more by Reformed theology than Wesleyan or our Nazarene roots?

50:31 Resources you might recommend for adult classroom settings and discipling people related to the authority of scripture?

51:35 Do you have any writing, projects, or work that might address these types of things?

53:11 Discipleship Place: How to Study the Bible

54:27 Do you use science to interpret scripture? What does that look like?

57:13 Wrap-up

58:08 Outro