Berkouwer maintained that, when Romans 9-11 is understood as referring
to "God's revelation of mercy ... and not to a 'naked sovereignty'", the
illegitimacy of man's protest against God and the "mystical delight" of
Paul's doxology are seen quite differenty from their deterministic
interpretation (A Half Century of Theology, pp. 90, 93; Divine Election,
pp. 65, 147-149). Man's protest is recognized as entirely inappropriate
because "the doctrine of election is an 'inexpressible comfort' for
both the believer and the nonbeliever since it proclaims that there is
hope for the 'most miserable of men'" (A Half Century of Theology, p.
103). Paul's doxology is recognized as entirely appropriate because it
is faith's response to the divine mercy in which "there is nothing of
'the inexplicable arbitrariness of power that moves one to put his
fingers to his lips" (A Half Century of Theology, p. 93).
E J Young argues that one’s doctrine of Scripture is derived from either experience or Scripture, either natural man or supernatural God. Young does speak of the human character of Scripture. It does, however, seem that the supernatural-natural dichotomy underlies his doctrine of Scripture. He turns to the Bible “to discover what it has to say of itself” (p. 40). It is questionable, however, whether his view is not grounded in a notion which tends to set divine and human activity over against each other. Young rejects a mechanical theory (p. 65). It does, however, appear that his own view is really no more than a modification of this view. His interpretation of the working of the Spirit in the inspiration of Scripture is not directly identifiable with mechanical dictation (pp. 79-80). It does seem, however, that there is a tendency to move in that direction. * Here are some statements from Young. - “Without Him (God) there could have been no Bible. Without man th...
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