How can we hold to the perspicuity when the Bible confuses Christians? Matthew Barrett

Executive editor of Credo Magazine, Matthew Barrett, is the author of God’s Word Alone: The Authority of Scripture (Zondervan). In this video, he sits down with Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he is Associate Professor of Christian Theology, to discuss the doctrine of scripture and its relevance for the church today. Barrett answers the question: How can we hold to the perspicuity of scripture when when the Bible sometimes confuses Christians?

[ChokeArtist]

This is a very poor diagnosis. Postmodernism is not the issue at all, it’s the plain observation that the text of the Bible is demonstrably not clear.

[TitusCastiglione]

I think it may also have to do with the fact we frequently don’t always understand the original context well at all. This is why we have people who specialize in biblical studies and archeology, who can help the church understand the text as it was originally meant to be read.

Also, at times, blind adherence to dogma (regardless of denomination) can also cause issues with interpretation.