The Use of the Bible in Theology/Evangelical Options

A stimulating dialogue among evangelicals that clarifies how major evangelical theologians currently conceive the practice of theology with regard to the Bible.Contributors:-Robert K. Johnston, editor-Donald Bloesch-Donald Dayton-William A. Dyrness-Gabriel Fackre-James I. Packer-Clark H. Pinnock-Russell P. Spittler-Robert Webber-David F. Wells-John YoderA summary of the positions:I. Johnston (Free Church): Introduction: Unity and Diversity in Evangelical Theology - introduces the theme, defines evangelicalism and evangelical theologyII. Pinnock (Baptist): How I Use the Bible in Doing Theology - hermeneutical theology; only what is revelation (only Scripture) can be made a matter of theological truthIII. Packer (Anglican): In Quest of Canonical Interpretation - texts must be understood in their human contextIV. Spittler (Pentecostal): Scripture and the Theological Enterprise: View from a Big Canoe - exegetical theologyV. Bloesch (Reformed): A Christological Hermeneutic: Crisis and Conflict in Hermeneutics - goes beyond the literal sense of the text to its larger significanceVI. Yoder (Mennonite): The Use of the Bible in Theology - theology as an activity meant to correct and renew the churchVII. Dayton (Wesleyan): The Use of Scripture in the Wesleyan Tradition - theology rooted in a recovery of Wesleyan truthVIII. Webber (Anglican): An Evangelical and Catholic Methodology - theology is an activity from out of the church's tradition; must study the church father's dogmatic developmentIX. Dyrness (Reformed): How Does the Bible Function in the Christian Life? - Scripture as a two-directional contextual hermeneuticX. Wells (Congregational): The Nature and Function of Theology - decoding/encoding; the significance of the 'sola scriptura' principleXI. Fackre (Congregational): The Use of Scripture in My Work in Systematics - full-orbed approach; world, church, Scripture, and the Gospel core all have their function