Common Sense: A New Approach to Understanding Scripture |
Contents
The Mad Philosopher | 1 |
A Tale of Two Lawyers | 6 |
Rules of Truth | 11 |
Principles of Interpretation | 20 |
Why Human Language Is Unclear | 30 |
Systems That Dont Work | 38 |
What Would You Do in Real Life? | 46 |
Good Sources Bad Sources | 53 |
What We Would Rather Not See | 95 |
The Real Issue | 104 |
The Myth of Sola Scriptura | 109 |
The Catch | 120 |
The Other Catch | 126 |
Sincere Questions About | 132 |
the Early Church Writings | 133 |
the Church Remain Faithful? | 145 |
The Horses Mouth | 59 |
The Answer | 65 |
The Big Surprise | 73 |
The Forgotten Septuagint | 79 |
Other Bombshells | 85 |
the New Testament Church Collapse? | 153 |
The Hard Choice | 159 |
Appendix | 167 |
Notes | 170 |
Common terms and phrases
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