tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post7354593987343352437..comments2024-01-29T14:24:46.852-05:00Comments on Wes Ellis: Theology on Tap: afterthoughtswellis68http://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-89076553696828307582008-04-05T18:53:00.000-04:002008-04-05T18:53:00.000-04:00I almost wrote my thesis on canon but decided, aft...I almost wrote my thesis on canon but decided, after a month of research my presuppositions had been shattered, and the results of the paper may get me removed from my fellowship. I wrote a few blogs in the past on canon, but they are terse in scope. You might want to check them out in my blog archive.<BR/><BR/>I don't believe that any of the 23,000 plus protestant denoms in the US are truly "sola scritura..." we all have a pope at some level...even those groups that feign authority (even the friends/quakers) have some sort of hierarchy. So which is the best hierarchy. (One cannot objectively read scripture and not see that desired an UNDIVIDED church with one hierarchy--Jerusalem.) I have my answer, do you have one? email it to me if you get a chance, but it may take a while for me to get back to you...busy next few weeks. Peace!natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212790581679016617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-56818228490238621872008-04-04T12:02:00.000-04:002008-04-04T12:02:00.000-04:00Nate,Thanks for the comment. It truly does get con...Nate,<BR/>Thanks for the comment. It truly does get confusing when we start using language like "Sola Scriptura" while the Scripture itself is not independent of tradition, reason, or experience. Scripture came to us through tradition, we understand it through our best reason, and our experience influences (maybe even dictates) how we understand and internalize the text. So, it's impossible to be "Sola Scriptura." <BR/>I guess the best approach is to be open and trust that God is active, even outside the pages of the Bible. While at the same time allowing the Bible to be authoritative in our lives.wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-9657275090553745022008-04-04T10:04:00.000-04:002008-04-04T10:04:00.000-04:00Wow, a blog post just for me? Thanks man, that wa...Wow, a blog post just for me? Thanks man, that was good to read. I wouldn't mind striking up an email conversation sometime over some of the things you brought up. I too came from a dispensational background. I started having doubts as a senior--by the end of the first semester of grad school, I gave Darby back his beliefs in the rapture. <BR/><BR/>Tradition...ouch. Does it say ANYWHERE in the bible what the books of the bible were to be? So God used tradition and fallible men to compose a canon? Also, if we claim to be "sola scriptura" shouldn't we be able to offer some scriptural evidence of such a belief? It just doesn't say in the bible that after Jesus, the sole basis for authority is scripture. I started seminary 5 years ago, finished 3 years ago. Those five years have been leading me somewhere I thought I'd never go!<BR/>Peace man, keep the writing coming, it's a gift. Hit me up via email sometime.natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212790581679016617noreply@blogger.com