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Showing posts with label Hermeneutics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hermeneutics. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Numerology?

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For better or worse, there are many discussions regarding numbers in the Bible and about the Bible, from the obvious numbers that any reader...
Wednesday, August 03, 2022

Continuity and discontinuity of the word

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On Wednesday, July 20, I posted some excerpts of blog comments by Peter Van Kleeck, Jr. that I titled “ Words in the KJV that people don’t k...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Through Western Eyes

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Several friends have enthusiastically recommended Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand th...
Friday, July 19, 2019

The Criterion

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For many moderate to liberal SBC Baptists the traditional liberty of conscience morphed into the liberty to deny the truths God revealed in ...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Basics of Bible Interpretation

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“The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired, and is a perfect treasure of heavenly instruction; that it has God for its author, sa...
Monday, April 17, 2017

The Golden Rule of Interpretation

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The “Golden Rule of Interpretation,” as found in Brief Studies in Christian Doctrines by J. E. Cobb: “When the plain sense of Scripture ...
Friday, February 03, 2017

This text doesn’t really say

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James 2:24 “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.” “This text doesn’t really say what it says...” I ...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Let the Bible Interpret Itself

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An old country preacher said, “I sure do love the Bible ’cause it sheds so much light on these commentaries.” The Bible is a self-explaining...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Troublesome times are here

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I read quite a few Baptist blog posts. I'm interested in what contemporary Baptists are saying. Sometimes I comment and engage in discus...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Oracles and Interpretation

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Writing When Women Ruled the World from the Oracle of Delphi , Wade Burleson audaciously asserts, "Portions of the Bible can only be un...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Proof-texting: pushing back

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proof text , noun: a Scriptural passage adduced as proof for a theological doctrine, belief, or principle ( Merriam-Webster Online ) Somet...
Monday, August 05, 2013

Background information and the sufficiency of Scripture

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Andy Naselli asks the question  Is 'Background Information' Ever Necessary to Understand the Bible?   His answer to the question is ...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Explaining away difficult texts

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“Christian morality comes from the mix of Bible, Christian tradition and our reasoned experience. Sometimes Christians have had to rethink ...
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