Let the Biblical Writers Speak! Part 3 of “How I Read the Bible, and So Can You!”

When reading the Bible there are six things I do as part of my interpretive process which I have found helpful. If you will do these six things you will find the meaning of Scripture opening up for you. The first two things I do are 1) Throw out all my assumptions; and 2) Question everything I was taught....

Forget Everything You Were Taught! Part 2 of “How I Read the Bible, and So Can You!”

In this series of posts I’m outlining the process I have developed in reading the Bible. Inherent in that, of course, is the need for a process. One can certainly just open the Bible up and start reading, and there is some value in that, but there are dangers as well. Despite the wonderful job that...

How I Read the Bible, And So Can You! Part 1

This was going to be an easy article on “How I Read the Bible.” It was going to be a numbered list of things that over the years I have almost subconsciously learned to do when I read a passage. A few things with short explanations. A easy, short-hand guide to help people read Scripture more deeply and...

In Seeking the Truth, Beware of “Bold Subterfuging”

Truth is a big deal these days. Not that it hasn’t always been, but we’re in a bit of a truth crisis right now. Getting at the truth has always been a challenge, even when everyone is playing by the rules and honestly seeking truth. But that isn’t always the case. There are a lot of people out there writing...

Beware of the Lions of Tribalism

When I was young I heard all the stories that make up the first part of the book of Daniel: Daniel and the Lion’s Den, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the Fiery Furnace. Well, mainly those two. Not too much about the disembodied hand writing on the wall, even though that’s where we get the saying, “The...

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