Tag: hermeneutics
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On The Importance of Handling God’s Word Accurately
To my fellow Bible readers, We are to do our best to present ourselves as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the Word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15) That is, we are to work hard present ourselves as approved by God in the matter of rightly handling the…
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Why We Don’t Want to See The Gospel on Every Page of The Bible
Last week I mentioned that we ought not seek an allegorical or “moral of the story” from Old Testament passages that we can seek to apply to our life today. (“Dare to be a Daniel!”, “Find your ‘five smooth stones’ to face your ‘Goliath’”, etc). I mentioned that most of us evangelicals have been taught…
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What’s The Big Deal About Seeing The Gospel on Every Page of The Bible?
When we are reading a passage from the Old Testament, how should we seek to apply it to our lives? How should we seek to encourage others to live? If “All Scripture is God-breathed and useful†(2 Timothy 3:16-17), what is the right way to use it? When you read a passage of the Old…
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How To Correctly Understand The Bible
This last week I have run into two resources that have put helpful words to a thought I’ve been trying to communicate: the necessity of community, and especially studied and experienced teachers within that community, and wider connection to good resources outside your community in order to correctly understand the meaning of the Bible. There…
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Don Carson – A Light Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
In 2008, Don Carson, regarded by many as one of the foremost New Testament theologians in the world (and also one of my personal favorites) gave a four part lecture, introducing principles of Biblical Interpretation. This is a “light introductory” course, but I’m pretty sure it will blow your mind if you haven’t had any…