The Biologos foundation and theistic evolutionists (TE) insist
that we need to be humble about the way we interpret the Scriptures. Why?
Because it’s only our subjective interpretation! The absolute interpretation can
only come from above.
However, subjective interpretations need not imply
uncertainty. For example, I am certain that I am married and that I am sitting
at my computer typing out an essay. I am interpreting millions of bits of
sensory data to come up with this confident conclusion.
More importantly, we can also be confident about our
interpretation of Scripture. In fact, obedience depends upon being confident
that we know what Scripture is communicating to us. We must be confident,
because we are graded by our response to Scripture.
Besides, Scripture explicitly tells us that its meaning and
intentions are well within our grasp:
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Deuteronomy 30:11-16 “For this commandment that I command you today
is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who
will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do
it?’ Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the
sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ But the word is
very NEAR you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. See,
I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the
commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD
your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his
statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God
will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.”
Why does Biologos preach “humility” regarding our
understanding of Scripture? Because it preaches certainty in regards to
evolution. Consequently, what we are certain about will prevail over what we
are humble and uncertain about.
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