to Christ. But we do not begin with a conception of Christ that we have already formed independently of Scripture, by which we judge the Scriptures (deductively); instead, we come to learn from the Scriptures (inductively) that Christ stands at their center. Yet “Christ” would himself be an abstract idea or concept apart from the biblical doctrine of the Triune God or the Bible’s teaching concerning humanity and the history of creation, fall, redemption, and consummation. So what brings all of these