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Jan 12, 2015 · Its underlying conceptual assumption is that in many cases God does not correct our mistaken human viewpoints but merely assumes them in order to communicate with us” (230-31). According to Sparks, although God adopts mistaken human viewpoints in order to convey his message to humans, he does not err in doing so (256).
Aug 8, 2008 · God's Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship. By Kenton L. Sparks. 416 p. Baker (March 2008) Reviewed by S.M. Baugh. When the evangelical movement began not so very long ago, its one, defining doctrine that unified people from diverse ecclesiastical backgrounds was belief in the inerrancy of the Bible.
Both the impetus behind Kenton Sparks composing God’s Words in Human Words, and his attempt therein to assist Christians who are wrestling with problems pertaining to Scripture, may appear admirable, at least on the surface. “[W]hat is sorely needed in every age—for the sake of believers and unbelievers alike—is a church that knows how to thoughtfully consider and assimilate the fruits ...
Jul 5, 2010 · And deconstruct the Bible he does. Sparks’ outlook on the Bible is as skeptical as possible. He makes little attempt to harmonize potential conflicts in the pages of the Bible. God’s Word in Human Words excels as a textbook to introduce a Bible reader to every real and imagined problem with viewing the Bible as a truthful book.
- Derek Leman
- Experiencing God
- The Assignment
- The Imitation of Christ?
- “My Sheep Hear My Voice”
- “God Speaks” in Acts
- No Divine Assignment
- Led by The Spirit?
- God in A Box
- A Fundamental Question
This book is about experiencing God by doing His will. The two notions are inextricably connected, the central focus of the book. Everything else is written to serve these ideas. The back jacket of Experiencing Godcharacterizes the content this way. The “fullness of life lived in fellowship with the loving, personal God” entails learning to “hear a...
The concept of divine “assignment” is central to everything Blackaby has written. He mentions it more than 100 times. This is what he means by “God’s will” and by God “speaking.” “We do not find God’s will is revealed,” Blackaby instructs us (p. x). Such direction, according to Blackaby, is given in small steps on a short term basis. God does not g...
“When I want to learn how to know and do the will of God,” Blackaby writes, “I always look to Jesus. I can find no better model than Him” (65). His comment refers to the quote from John 5:17, 19–20, at the beginning of Chapter Six: What about in the passage in question? This is one of many examples where Blackaby, like other authors, patches togeth...
The passage in John 10 where Jesus refers to His sheep hearing His voice is central to Blackaby’s view. It also frequently misapplied by others. It is important to know precisely what Jesus has in mind when He uses these terms. John records four mentions by Jesus of His sheep hearing or knowing His voice (10:3, 4, 16, 27). Verse six is key to under...
The life and teaching of Jesus do not support Blackaby’s ideas. What about the life of the early church? In Acts we have a focused look at a relatively short period (30 years) of Bible history in which there are radical manifestations of supernatural activity. Acts offers a best-case scenario for providing an inductive argument for the view that Ch...
For balance we must also note other important decisions not directed by God. There are many examples in Acts when the disciples make decisions marking significant events in the life of the early church. They are the kind many would think require a word from the Lord. They entail decisions about the how, when, where, why, and who of ministry. Yet th...
What, then, does the Scripture mean by being led by the Spirit? The simplest way to answer that question is to look up the verses using the term. The only two references in the Epistles to being led by the Spirit mean something specific. Paul does not use the term the same way Blackaby does. The concept appears in Romans 8:12–14 (take special note ...
Does this put God in a box? Not at all. I am not dictating what God can or cannot do. He can intervene in any way He chooses. However, we must base our teaching and conduct on the Scriptures, not on what might be possible for a sovereign God. Blackaby claims his model is Biblical. I am putting that to the test. I am showing what seems to be the pat...
Most people teaching error do not do so maliciously. Usually they have the best intentions, but having a good heart is not enough. Even someone who has a loyalty to truth can still undermine truth. Many of Henry Blackaby’s ideas in Experiencing Godare like that. I have addressed only a few of the serious problems with this work. There are more. I’l...
Jun 12, 2013 · This is a book review of Kenton L. Sparks, "God's Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship." Critical biblical scholarship has long seemed only to undermine the authority of the Bible in the minds of both critical and evangelical scholars. This is particularly difficult for evangelicals because it often calls into question such sacred ideas as ...
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Aug 1, 2014 · 68. 6 “The God who is wholly other and therefore wholly incomprehensible posits, in the event of self-revelation, an incomprehensible analogical relation between human word and divine referent” (Hunsinger, p. 220). 7 “God’s truth was not at our disposal, Barth urged, but our truth was at God’s disposal.
