Critiquing the Reformed Hermeneutic | Part 1

First, Jeremy and Kenn step into the shoes of an advocate of the Redemptive Historical/Christocentric Hermeneutic approach in order to provide a baseline definition and argument for where these individuals are coming from. Second, they break down what they believe are some major errors in the RH approach.

0:00 Introduction
1:49 Meatloaf Sandwich
4:41 Defining Reformed Hermeneutics
16:48 Summarizing the Reformed Hermeneutic
21:33 Affirmations of the Reformed Approach
25:43 Criticism 1: Making the Church Central
36:13 Criticism 2: Making the NT More Authoritative (Riddlebarger)
55:01 Criticism 3: It Cannot Be Self-Authenticated
1:04:00 Wrap-Up

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[Monfiel]

This series indeed is worth forwarding to many of my dear reformed baptist brethren who in their erudite and scholastic zeal for theology had skipped both the foundational tenets of "Sola Scriptura" & "Tota Scriptura" when it comes to future prophetic Writ.

[AidenRKrone]

This is the first time I've heard of the redemptive-historical hermeneutical method. Prior to this video, I was aware only of the historical-grammatical and historical-critical methods. I was under the impression that the Reformed tradition generally uses a variant of the historical-grammatical method that (over-)emphasized the person and work of Jesus Christ. It appears to me that the redemptive-historical method is just another name for amillennialism and covenantalism.

As someone who uses the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation, the way I understand it is that when God spoke to the patriarchs and prophets during the era of the Old Testament, _He meant what He said and He said what He meant._ For example, when God told Abraham and his descendants that they would receive a particular region of land "from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates" (Gen. 15:18 KJV), He was referring to a _physical piece of land_ on planet Earth, not some sort of abstract, spiritual kingdom in the reign of Christ from Heaven. If God told the Hebrew people that He would give them physical land, but then revealed later that He was _actually_ talking about a spiritual/nonphysical reign of Christ, then that means God was, at best, being highly misleading, or, at worst, _lying_ to Abraham and his descendants, but we know this cannot be the case because God does not lie (Num. 23:19; Tit. 1:2; Heb. 6:18). Pick your poison, amillennialists: did God mislead His people or did He lie to them?

[mikeyonce]

Excellent presentation brothers. While there are many things that came from the reformation that I wholeheartedly embrance, there are some things that make my skin crawl. 😮

[MrAlexpino]

This is excellent guys. Thank you for pointing to the errors of the of the so called orthodox community. I appreciate what you are doing in advancing the TRUTH. Thank you!

[Mrsolas]

It’s always interesting to hear the outside view. It would be good to see a dialogue between one of the men here and someone who holds the orthodox reformed view. A reformed Baptist for say.

[mikeyonce]

There used to be a phrase, "big oil", back then. I would hear Rush Limbaugh use the phrase, "big ketchup". It was so funny.😂

[kendavis]

Your position and arguments are pretty much the same as what I have concluded, though while I would affirm that the redemptive historical hermeneutic can be helpful, saying that it is valid is a little too generous.

[pennieroueche]

I did not know that there were different methods. Where would I go to learn about the grammatical and historical vs reformed hermeneutics? I want to learn how to do a deeper study of His word.

[francoisallard]

Oh please cut the intro, ouach. The rest is deep and so more interresting get Ken phone number