Liam Bright

@GJShearer @jamesctaylor I'm sorry, I do know what you mean. I need to get better with 140 chars!

@tomunderhill @jamesctaylor I imagine that my definition of 'exegetically convincing' is a bit broader than Carson's. The q is 'is it true?'

@GJShearer @jamesctaylor So can you ever 'preach the right doctrine from the wrong text'?

@tomunderhill @jamesctaylor Sure. But you can also preach too little doctrine from the text.

@GJShearer @jamesctaylor Sure. But therefore 'is it true' isn't enough. Also need to ask 'is it here?' and 'was it the author's purpose?'

@tomunderhill @jamesctaylor Also, in which txt is the athr's intention to teach that I need to know the athr's intention to u'stand the txt?

@GJShearer @jamesctaylor Hehe I'm going to enjoy thinking about that, but point also taken

.@tomunderhill In the end, exegetical positivism fails because like logical positivism it cannot clear the bar of its own criteria.