I’m sitting in a coffee shop reading this post, thinking to myself, “I haven’t pushed Joel’s buttons in a long time.” Here goes, and this is just thinking out loud (well, not really aloud, you know what I mean).

If I understand the concept of eisegesis correctly, it is approaching scripture with preconceptions, simply put it is interpreting mostly by deduction. If you disagree with this let me know.

Here is where my imagination is taking me…

If a believer is to study the bible faithfully, in an exegetical fashion, he would inevitably come up with his own preconceptions (ie. systematic theology). If this is true, what would happen in the long run is that he who began studying the bible inductively & exegetically will inevitably end up studying the bible eisegetically, or deductively if you may. An example of this is the use of TULIP, the Armenian 5 points, even Molinist assumptions.

Let me know what you think…

I was dreaming last night and I heard God telling me that he wants you to come visit me down here in Postmodernville. =)

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