The way I see it is the Bible lays down certain truths, but man in his wisdom and learning has said "No, I know better because of XYZ" To me bringing intellect in line with the Bible means rejecting any learning that goes against scripture because no matter how correct it looks, it's wrong. Something is missing, some piece/s and mankind needs to acknowledge that and look further using the Bible as the framework for his understanding.
Instead, mankind thinks it knows so much as to make the Bible obsolete or completely wrong and then turns around and says "Well they didn't understand when they wrote that" or "That part is really an allegory" Why? because men with degrees said so? Man is nothing but a fleeting spec and my guess is we know even less than a spec.
While gaining some letters to your name is nice, it doesn't make that person all-knowing or correct all the time. I know so many comply ignorant doctors that it isn't funny. Not talking about Biblical matters but medical.
God is a knower and God’s knowledge includes ‘propositional’ knowledge. (Gen. 3:5; Luke 16:15; 1 Cor. 3:20)
God created all other knowers. (Gen. 1:1; Rev. 4:11)
We can obtain knowledge of God. (Jer. 31:34; John 14:7)
In fact, everyone has knowledge of God in a limited sense, even though that knowledge may be suppressed. (Rom. 1:18-23)
Knowledge of God is one of the most important goals of human life. (Jer. 31:34; John 17:3; Acts 17:24)
What a person can know about God, and about other closely related matters, depends in large measure on their spiritual state. (Ps. 82:5; Luke 10:21; Rom. 1:21; 1 Cor. 2:11-16; Eph. 4:17-18)
Our knowledge of God is necessarily limited. (Job 36:26; Isa. 55:8-9; Rom. 11:33)
God’s Word is a higher epistemic authority than human reason or intuition. (Prov. 3:5; Isa. 8:20; Jer. 23:29; John 10:35; 1 Cor. 1:25; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 1 Pet. 1:23-25)
One can know with a high degree of confidence that the message of the gospel is true. (Luke 1:4; Acts 2:36; Acts 17:31)
People of all levels of intellectual sophistication can have a saving knowledge of God and Jesus Christ. (Deut. 29:29; Luke 10:21; 1 Cor. 1:26-28)
There are objective truths: truths that are independent of human opinions and feelings. (Exod. 20:16; Prov. 12:17; John 8:44; 17:17; 19:35; Gal. 2:14; 2 Cor. 10:5)
There are culture-transcending truths that can be known by people from all cultures; not all knowledge is culture-relative. (Ezek. 38:23; 39:7; John 17:23; Acts 11:20; 19:10; 20:21; Rom. 15:8-13; 16:26)
There is a significant ethical dimension to human belief and knowledge. (Prov. 1:7; Matt. 22:36-38; Rom. 1:18-32; 1 Cor. 10:31)
One can be morally culpable for failing to hold certain beliefs. (John 16:9; 2 Thess. 2:12; Heb. 3:19; 1 John 5:10)
It is possible to know some truths via sense experience. (Gen. 46:30; Luke 21:20, 30; John 3:11; 19:35)
It is possible to know some truths apart from sense experience. (Matt. 16:16-17; Luke 5:22)
It is possible to know some truths by direct divine revelation, apart from natural means. (Gen. 46:2-4; Ezek. 1:1; Dan. 7:1; Matt. 16:16-17; Rev. 1:9-11)
It is possible to know moral truths. (Isa. 51:7; Rom. 7:1)
It is possible to know future contingents. (Matt. 20:17-19; Mark 13:22-23; Luke 22:34; John 6:64)
Inductive knowledge based on sense experience is commonplace. (Matt. 16:1-3; 24:32)
Human testimony is an important source of knowledge. (Numbers 35:30; Luke 1:2; John 21:24)
At least some human knowledge is not dependent on human embodiment. (Luke 16:25; 23:42-43; Rev. 6:9-11)
Arguments a fortiori are a good form of reasoning. (Luke 11:13; 12:24; Rom. 11:12)
There is substantial continuity between divine reasoning and human reasoning. (Isa. 1:18)
It is possible and worthwhile for believers to reason with unbelievers about God, Jesus Christ, etc. (Acts 17:2; 17:16-34; 18:4; 18:19; 19:8-9)
A Biblical Epistemology?
identify in the above what is not true.
