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Clear searchJohn Bunyan · Christian allegory · 1678
…ecome more recognisable as our own pilgrimage continues. Read it as a Scripture-saturated allegory, not as a substitute for Scripture. Editions vary: an unabridged edition which retains Bunyan's biblical references is the best place to begin. The Christian journey Conversion Pers…
View recommendation →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…rtant, but no one of them is a sufficient definition. Asceticism is not uniquely Gnostic. Allegory was practised by orthodox Christians. Serious knowledge is not esotericism. Institutional criticism is not cosmic dualism. This gives us a necessary control: a movement should not b…
Read article →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…hod frequently sought spiritual realities beneath or beyond the literal form of the text. Allegory was not invented merely to remove Israel, and spiritual interpretation can uncover genuine biblical patterns. The danger appears when a spiritual application is made exhaustive. A p…
Read article →The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ
…which reaches its fulfilment in Christ. The correspondences should not be forced into an allegory in which every object carries a secret meaning. Scripture itself, however, interprets Isaac's deliverance through death and resurrection, identifies Christ as the promised Seed and…
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