Chapter 7 – The Indispensability of Reason and Logic in Biblical Interpretation

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Introduction

Section 1 – Milton S. Terry on Reason in Interpretation         

Section 2 – The Proper Relationship between Faith and Reason: Audi, Moreland, Craig, Groothuis

Section 3 – Norman Geisler on the Nature and Use of Logic

Section 4 – Calvinists Inconsistently Affirm Logic and Reason

Section 5 – Confusing Reason with Rationalism

Section 6 – The Mysteries of Faith: Beyond Reason or Against Reason?

Section 7 – Tolerance, Love and Respect is Not Incoherence or Theological Relativism

Section 8 – The Role of Philosophical Reflection and Moral Intuition in Exegesis and Hermeneutics

Section 9 – Baggett, Walls and Lewis on Whether God is Good as We know Goodness

Section 10 – Craig and Moreland on the Indispensable Role of Philosophy

Section 11 – Robert Audi: Reason, Logic and Justified Beliefs

Section 12 – Robert Audi: Natural Theology, Natural Reason and the Resolution of Religious Disagreement

Section 13 – Ravi Zacharias on Critical Thinking and Logic

Section 14 – David Allen, Leighton Flowers, Exegesis and Contradiction: 1 Timothy 2:1-6

Section 15 – David Allen, Leighton Flowers, God’s Love and Logical Entailment

Section 16 – Vincent Cheung, David Allen, Leighton Flowers and Logical and Moral Entailments

Section 17 – C. A. Campbell and the Role of Reason in Religion and Faith

Section 18 – C. A. Campbell: Defining a Contradiction and J. I. Packer’s Bad Advice

Section 19 – J. I. Packer: Paradox, Antinomy and Real Contradiction

Section 20 – Concluding Thoughts on J. I. Packer’s “Antinomy” and Suppression of Reason

Section 21 – Summary Remarks

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