Tri-perspectival exegesis?
Sounds a bit dangerous! (Don Carson must have dreamt up the label!)
What it means is actually very helpful... as i read earlier this week
'To be a great preacher, one needs to be tri-perspectival in their exegesis. That is, they need to be committed to the exegesis of the Bible, the exegesis of our culture, and the exegesis of the human heart. Some preachers claim that if you exegete the Bible properly, you don’t need to bother yourself with the exegesis of our culture or the human heart. The problem with this view, however, is that the Bible itself exhorts us to apply Biblical norms to both our lives and to our world'
2 comments:
very good point - I heard about reading the scripture in light of the word and culture but not the heart. ALthough I think john piper must think abou that a bit he certainly likes to talk about heart work.
The other interesting thing mikely lynch was talking about on his blog about how - having a detailed exegensis about not just the story or what ever in the passage is a good way to make sermons interesting eg - looking at the motives of the involved characters in scripture rather than just relying on heumentics
Great reflection Graham!
I guess the Puritans were particularly strong with exegeting the human heart. Thinking about the best preachers around today maybe our age is strong(er) on cultural exegesis?
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