tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050906161775593486.post3119588939102835450..comments2009-08-24T22:55:24.546-05:00Philip@ReformedVoiceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13969700531930926913noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050906161775593486.post-91204857554194928482009-08-24T21:49:01.350-05:002009-08-24T21:49:01.350-05:00It sounds like you are &quot;preaching&quot; to a group of reformed leaders. Unfortunately, no opposition voice is present to debate with you. I am one who disagrees with your point of view. Allegorical interpretation, in my view, is valid. Do I think we are giving new insights from God into Scripture today? Yes, but these insights were always available to us. We just haven&#39;t applied ourselves. If we think, like you, that we don&#39;t receive new insights, then we are under the false delusion that we understand all of Scripture. Yes, of course there is a danger in deciding who has discovered these insights, just as there is a danger in listening to a preacher (like yourself) make applicable his/her interpretation of any one or more biblical text(s). But we can judge each case as they arise. I have a couple of allegorical interpretations that I am very much convinced of- interpretations that give us a different understanding of those particular texts than what we earlier had. I used &quot;scripture to interpret scripture&quot; (a reformed point of view) to arrive at these allegorical interpretations. If you are willing, I would be willing to present these interpretations for scrutiny, not by you, but rather by an audience, and allow them to decide whether or not allegorical interpretation has a place in biblical interpretation. Sincerely,<br /><br />Matt Estrada<br />matt_estrada@yahoo.comM. Estradahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03637991731728406864noreply@blogger.com