Comments on: Him We Proclaim, 4 http://openedtous.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/him-we-proclaim-chapter-4/ biblical theology, gospel proclamation, church planting Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:01:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bryan Barley http://openedtous.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/him-we-proclaim-chapter-4/#comment-32 Bryan Barley Fri, 16 May 2008 15:53:45 +0000 http://openedtous.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-32 I agree. I'm still trying to digest all this because it's not easy. However, like you said, this book is having me ask the right questions. I'm always thinking now when I hear somebody preach - how is Christ seen in this text? Where is redemption? How does this fit into the larger narrative? I'm realizing more and more that it's our responsibility to show how the story fits in the big picture of God's redemptive narrative! I agree. I’m still trying to digest all this because it’s not easy. However, like you said, this book is having me ask the right questions. I’m always thinking now when I hear somebody preach – how is Christ seen in this text? Where is redemption? How does this fit into the larger narrative? I’m realizing more and more that it’s our responsibility to show how the story fits in the big picture of God’s redemptive narrative!

]]> By: Jonathan P http://openedtous.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/him-we-proclaim-chapter-4/#comment-31 Jonathan P Wed, 14 May 2008 00:27:19 +0000 http://openedtous.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-31 Bryan, this is a good summary of the chapter that is just elaborated in the following one. I find Johnson's writing to be dense and tough to work through, but very rewarding. The concentration on the hermeneutic question and his categorical figures such as Beale and Kaiser are very helpful. The book is doing a great job at helping me form the right questions, which in and of itself is not an easy task concerning this subject. I affirm the interpretation of the NT authors. I do not doubt that they understood the OT better than us, for they were taught from Jesus himself. And at the same time I do not doubt that the OT authors knew what they were doing. I think our view on authorial intent should be expanded to include more than the folks back in the day who ate the same kind of food and wore the same kind of sandals that Moses did. 1 Peter 1:10-12 says something about their inquiry, but it also says something about for whom they were writing, namely the church!!! Praise God for this book and for the grace God has given us in the cognitive ability to read and think. Praise Him! Bryan, this is a good summary of the chapter that is just elaborated in the following one. I find Johnson’s writing to be dense and tough to work through, but very rewarding. The concentration on the hermeneutic question and his categorical figures such as Beale and Kaiser are very helpful. The book is doing a great job at helping me form the right questions, which in and of itself is not an easy task concerning this subject.

I affirm the interpretation of the NT authors. I do not doubt that they understood the OT better than us, for they were taught from Jesus himself. And at the same time I do not doubt that the OT authors knew what they were doing. I think our view on authorial intent should be expanded to include more than the folks back in the day who ate the same kind of food and wore the same kind of sandals that Moses did. 1 Peter 1:10-12 says something about their inquiry, but it also says something about for whom they were writing, namely the church!!!

Praise God for this book and for the grace God has given us in the cognitive ability to read and think. Praise Him!

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