Covenant Reformed News – February 2004, Volume IX, Issue 22
This article from Covenant Reformed News warns against heretical methods of Scripture twisting, particularly the practice of building theological positions on difficult texts while ignoring clearer passages on the same subject. It defends the unity and consistency of Scripture against those who pit biblical writers against each other or claim contradictions between Old and New Testament theology, using examples such as misinterpretations of Romans 9 and Ephesians 1 regarding election.
Scripture Twisting (3) II Peter 3:15-16 tells us two ways in which false teachers twist the Scriptures. First they abuse the “hard” places, the texts that many do not understand, and then they make the easier text conform to their twisting of the harder text. This corrupt method is widespread today. For example, regarding election and reprobation, people should start with Romans 9 and Ephesians 1, chapters directly addressing the subject. Instead, Scripture twisters find some hard verses here...