Richard Horner's First Question

I took a class under Dr. Horner at seminary, and this class ranks in the top 3 of all classes I've ever taken. On the first day of class, Dr. Horner wrote two questions on the board and said that the entire course would hit on these 2 questions again and again, and that it was his hope that us students would grapple with these 2 questions long after the course was over. The first question was simply, "What frames what?" Regarding this question, Dr. Horner wrote an article back in 2005 that explained the question and its enormous importance. I strongly commend all interested readers to take 10-15 minutes to thoughtfully read this article:

http://www.christianstudycenter.org/pdfs/4_5.pdf

I would submit that much of what is wrong with American Christianity today is strongly linked with our inability and/or unwillingness to seriously reckon with Dr. Horner's question and all its implications. For those of us who tend toward presuppositionalism in our apologetics approach, Horner's article is an outstanding example of how a presuppositionalist approach can drill down to the street (and below) and be extremely relevant to the life of the Christian in each step he takes. Dr. Horner's thoughtful and sober strivings with how the big picture and the little pictures inform each other is the kind of stuff we should be doing as Christians. This is what we should be about. And on a personal note, let me say that Dr. Horner is not some detached ivory tower academic. To the contrary, he is a very good man whose wrestlings with great issues are done in the course of everyday life. He's the real deal, and we will all profit from giving him an ear and being willing to learn. He is a UVa man in the best sense.