nothing to consider but the Bible. I am convinced, however, that careful analysis of the biblical text has priority. What we conclude by natural theology must be understood and interpreted by revealed truth, not vice versa. When theologians focus on God as defined in himself, in eternal immutability, they end up representing God as he is conceived, all too often, in rationalistic philosophy. They concentrate on things the Bible itself never aspires to define, on theological constructs that the inspired