The Doctrine of Illumination and the Interpretation of Scripture: Considerations for Recent CreationistsAnderson Jr., LeeCreation Research Society Quarterly
Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1-3: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 3 Wesley made clear that the Holy Spirit's illumination of Scripture to the believer was the highest and most relevant source of knowledge when it came to the development of theological doctrine. Wesley...
Each time I begin my private devotion, I start with a short prayer of illumination (something like Psalm 119:18) followed by the reading of Scripture. Only after I’ve spent time meditating on the Word do I then pray and sing a psalm, hymn, or spiritual song (Ephesians 5:19, Colossian...
“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” Now this He said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been ...
Webster understands the entire Bible as the self‐testimony of the risen Christ (mission of the Son), and explains its cognitive effectiveness in terms of the full range of the work of the Holy Spirit in inspiration and illumination (mission of the Spirit). The trinitarian grounding of his ...
Salvation involves the redemption of the whole person, not just the illumination of one aspect that dictates the rest. Socrates (and Plato) thought he possessed the knowledge of what was right and wrong and was able to state it with universal definitions. He equated knowledge and virtue, ...