"Theological error is often not a total rejection of truth, but a reductionist simplification that collapses the complex tension inherent in divine mystery."—- Dr. Michael King
“Spiritual health is not the reduction of tension, but the full activation of both sides of divine truth。” —- Dr. Michael King
(Exegesis-First; Not Competing Authorities)
A biblical tension pair is not “two equal authorities restraining one another.” Rather, it is one canonical authority (Scripture) speaking with two irreducible affirmations that must be held together without reduction.
The taxonomy is a servant tool for clarity and diagnosis, not a controlling grid imposed on the text. The interpretive order is:
Immediate context → discourse structure → genre and argument flow → redemptive-historical location → then tension identification and classification.
For each pair, we articulate: