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(2) The aim of arcing. [41]
Quote (Tom Steller): "Each proposition of Scripture was not merely a pearl on a string, but a link in the chain." [7]
Quote (John Piper): "Exegesis that does not sooner or later touch our emotions, and through us, the emotions of others, is ultimately a failure because it does not mediate the effect which the Scripture ought to have." [9]
Quote (John Piper): "Theology very quickly becomes idle chatter if it does not give birth in the heart to doxology." [10]
Quote (John Piper): "My belief in inspiration, therefore, is a belief that to grasp what these human authors willed to communicate in their particular historical situation is also to grasp God's own intention for that situation." [12] ( )