'...One thief on the cross was saved that none should despair; but only one, that none should presume'. Another dangerous thing is to turn the parable into an allegory, to take hold of each detail in the teaching and impose upon it some spiritual truth. That has often been done, but that is all due to the fact that we fail to remember that this is a parable, and the point to remember about a parable is that it is generally meant to illustrate one truth only.
D. Martyn Lloyd Jones, from Spiritual Depression, chapter 9, Labourers in the Vineyard
If I had my brief case near me, I probably would have been quoting from Above All Earthly Power as well, but it was in the hall, and the closest book was on my bookshelf.
The Doctrine of The Knowledge of God by John Frame.
Page 123, sentences 4-6 are:
Rationalism recognizes a need for criteria, or standards; empiricism a need for objective, publicly knowable facts; and subjectivism a need for our beliefs to meet our own internal criteria. A Christian epistemology will recognize all of those concerns but will differ from the rationalist, empiricist, and subjectivist schools of thought in important ways. Most importantly, the Christian will recognize the lordship of God in the field of knowledge.
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