如何衡量后现代主义？
我们与后现代思想诚然有本质上的不同。正如在本章开始时所说，我们承认后现代主义给福音派神学带来了一些有价值的东西，即提醒我们注意到没有被充分解决的问题。后现代主义的观点使我们留心语言交流的困难，提醒我们已有假设（亦可称作“前理解”）难以察觉的影响，并且促使我们重新考量圣经与我们之间存在的文化和历史差异，更加缜密地研究我们在文化和神学上的先入之见，不再贸然宣称对圣经准确无误的解释。最该感谢后现代思想的是，它削弱了现代主义释经法的傲慢，这傲慢已逐渐腐蚀了人们对圣经中记载的神超自然介入的信心。
但我们最反对的是，后现代主义对于启示的可靠性和圣经权威的强烈攻击。我们坚信客观不变的真理是存在的，而且神选择向我们启示了有关他本身以及他对我们的旨意的真理。这启示不仅是在他的儿子耶稣基督里，也是在先知和使徒的话语中。我们坚信语言文字不仅能够，而且也确实以我们当今可以理解的方式表达了神的真理。当我们遵循理解人类交流的合理指导方法时，就可以理解神的真理。这是本书的基本假设。
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