Quotes by Vern Poythress

Vern Poythress (b. 1946) — Theologe, Mathematiker, Professor für Neues Testament · Presbyterianisch / Evangelikal-Reformiert · USA

Vern Poythress (* 1946) ist ein US-amerikanischer Mathematiker, presbyterianischer Theologe und langjähriger Professor für Neues Testament am Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Er ist bekannt für die Entwicklung des theologischen Multiperspektivismus, Arbeiten zum Verhältnis von Naturwissenschaft und Trinitätslehre sowie seine Kritik an geschlechtergerechten Bibelübersetzungen. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet er methodische Zugänge zu einer christozentrischen Typologie des Alten Testaments und zur systematischen Schriftauslegung aus reformierter Perspektive.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Doubt & Hard Questions, Wisdom & Understanding, The Bible & the Word of God, Freedom & Truth, Ethical Questions, Joy & Gratitude

Quotes by Vern Poythress

There is an obvious disconnect between someone’s claim to be relativist and his own moral judgments, including his judgment that people ought to be relativist.

Vern Poythress

God has given us the fascination and mystery of irrational numbers, as one aspect of a rich world.

Vern Poythress

People come to the Bible with expectations that do not fit the Bible, and this clash becomes one main reason, though not the only one, why people do not find the Bible’s claims acceptable.

Vern Poythress

In the Bible itself, the two authors, human and divine, do not simply stand side by side. Rather, each points to the other and affirms the presence and operation of the other… God Himself points out the importance of the human authors… God Himself requires us to interpret the words of Scripture against the background of what we know about the human author. We cannot simply ignore the human author, when we concentrate on what God is saying… [The human author] is not just any human author. He is the one through whom God speaks. His own intentions are that we should reckon with this. It is not a denial of human authorship, but an affirmation of it, when we pay attention to God speaking… Hence there is a unity of meaning and a unity of application.

Vern Poythress

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