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THE HERESY OF APPLICATION (p. 20)
Haddon Robinson, professor of preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary,
explains how to keep error from creeping in to application.
You've said that more heresy is preached in application than in Bible
exegesis. Why?
Preachers want to be faithful to the Scriptures, and going through seminary,
they have learned exegesis. But they may not have learned how to make the
journey from the biblical text to the modern world. They get out of seminary
and realize the preacher's question is application: How do you take
this text and determine what it means for this audience?
Sometimes we apply the text in ways that would make the biblical writer say,
"Wait a minute, I wasn't doing that."
What makes Bible application so prone to error?
In application we take what we believe is the truth of the eternal God, which
was given in a particular time and place and situation, and apply it to people
in the modern world who live in another time, another place, and a very different
situation. That is harder than it appears.
Let's say you know a passage can't be applied in literal terms today.
How do you determine how to apply it?
One thing I always do with a passage is abstract up to God. Every passage
has a vision of God, such as God as Creator or Sustainer.
Second I ask, "What is the depravity factor? What in humanity rebels against
that vision of God?"
These two questions are a helpful clue in application ...
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