Step 1 — Identify the revealed pair
Text → Canon → Category
Step 2 — Define each pole in its full strength
(no weakening allowed)
Step 3 — Map the collapse directions
Each tension has two heresies:
Example:
Grace ↔ Obedience
- Collapse left → legalism
- Collapse right → antinomianism
Step 4 — Construct pastoral practice that keeps both alive
This is why BTT is not merely academic.