My daily Bible reading plan recently took me to the front door of Leviticus. Oh the venerable wasteland of Leviticus and its neighboring partner in crime Numbers. The...

by Timothy Payne

Hermeneutics

Lisa Robinson

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Does Scripture Interpret Scripture?: A Case for Reading the Bible as Divine Revelation

(Lisa Robinson) Perhaps you have heard of this method of interpretation, that scripture interprets scripture. Basically, it says that if we want to know what a verse or...

by C Michael Patton

Hermeneutics

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The Role of an Exegete

The following except is taken from Interpreting the New Testament Text (Darrel Bock and Buist Fanning eds. (Crossway, 2006), p. 156). David Lowery, New Testament professor at...

How to Study the Bible in a Nutshell

The following is a practical guide to biblical interpretation following a three-step process that I have used for years. The Bible is two-thousand years old and often seems...

You Talking To Me?: Personalizing Biblical Narrative and Prophetic Discourse

(Lisa Robinson) I have found one of the biggest differences between good Bible reading and Bible reading that is disjointed or otherwise skews what is being communicated, is...

Credo Clips: How to Study the Bible

The Bible Does not Always Speak the Truth

Just after my wife and I were married, she worked as a teller at a bank. One of her co-workers was a devout Muslim who was schooled in Muslim apologetics against Christianity....

by C Michael Patton

Hermeneutics

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Common Errors in Bible Interpretation

I came across the following chart on page 136 in the new book A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis by Craig L. Blomberg. Heeding caution from this chart will ruin many...

Exegesis vs. Theology

It is easy to think that good exegesis automatically makes good theology. I remember the “wars” that some of the theological profs had with the exegesis profs at...

Some Thoughts on Biblical Convictions and Being Biblical

We recently witnessed the 493th anniversary of the event that sparked the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses on the Wittenberg door in hopes that the...

by C Michael Patton

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