words and the nature of truth been as misty and undefined as now. Only if we
recognize that the truth of truth--indeed, the meaning of meaning--is today in
doubt, and that this uncertainty stifles the word as a carrier of God's truth and
moral judgment, do we fathom the depth of the present crisis. When truth and
word remain as the accepted universe of discourse, then all aberrations can be
challenged in the name of truth. Today, however, the nature of truth and even the
role of words is in dispute.
Is propositional revelation an essential evangelical doctrine? Carl F. H. Henry argued
vigorously that it was essential: "it is nonetheless wholly necessary to insist that divine
disclosure does indeed take propositional form... That divine disclosure is cognitive and
intelligible...is intrinsic to Judeo-Christian revelation" (GRA, 3:481). To explore this
issue, this paper will first summarize Henry's understanding of propositional revelation,
then that of a counter-proposal by Stanley Grenz (particularly in his book Revisioning
Evangelical Theology), and finally assess the discussion and propose an answer to the
question, "may evangelicals dispense with propositional revelation?"
This is but a one-page abstract of the paper. The complete paper (nearly 40 pgs.) will be
posted online at the URL below the week of the conference. Only selected portions will
be read at ETS (Wed., 11/14, 4:35 PM, Colorado Hall F [E]).
you're configured appropriately, you should be able to click the link in this pdf file, but if
you have to type it in manually, that underscore will make a big difference!