Biblical Studies Carnival LVIII Posted

Byhenry January 1, 2011

The Biblical Studies Carnival has always been somewhat above your average blog carnival, and the December carnival at kol-haadam is above the average even for a Biblical Studies carnival.

One nice feature is a separate listing for book reviews, which I have to mention since it links to a review of Ephesians: A Participatory Study Guide (note the word “participatory”), which is about to be released by my company, Energion Publications. Of course there are reviews of many other valuable books and it’s nice to have a list.

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Of Contexts, Communities, and Individuals

Byhenry March 22, 2013

Stop Taking Jeremiah 29:11 Out of Context is the headline in RELEVANT magazine. Thomas Turner is writing vigorously about the apparently shameful misuse of this passage of scripture. He points out that it’s used on graduation cards and often quoted in words of encouragement to individuals. He summarizes: Sure, it might make a person feel…

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Pious but Stupid Statements about the Bible

Byhenry October 15, 2013

I was out driving today and saw a church sign with the statement, “The Bible – Your First Notebook.” What exactly does that mean? I see almost nothing about the Bible that makes it like a notebook. It’s still better than the common statement—at least I heard it frequently when I was younger—that the Bible…

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Of Trees, Forests, and Bible Study

Byhenry December 11, 2007

I was impressed recently while reading several different blog entries about the importance of the way(s) in which we look at Bible passages. Now I certainly emphasize looking at the forest–at the broad sweep of Biblical themes. One way of looking at themes is in terms of trajectories–which way is the Bible story going. For…

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Credit to One of My Teachers

Byhenry December 4, 2016

Today in Sunday School class the teacher referred back to challenge I had presented to the calls some time ago. I had suggested reading the prophecies of Isaiah, particularly 2nd Isaiah (40-55) without our “Jesus colored glasses.” I don’t suggest this not because I think Christian readings are inappropriate, but rather because it helps give…

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Christian Carnival CCXXXII

Byhenry July 10, 2008

. . . has been posted. This time my contribution was from my wife’s devotional list, but I’m still linking the carnival from here.

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