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How to Dig into a Bible Clause

Byhenry July 13, 2013

… fully demonstrated by Jacob Cerone at ἐνθύμησις (Jonah 1:4c). Just the one clause!

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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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Tonight’s Energion Hangout
Byhenry February 10, 2015
Using Google Hangouts on Air, we will again broadcast a hangout with some of our authors. For further information, check the Google Plus event. I will embed the YouTube viewer below. Note that once the hangout is complete, the recording will be available through the same viewer. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the event tonight has…
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A Story of Three Prophets
Byhenry July 19, 2006
This is a follow-up to my post Information or Conversation, and it would probably be a good idea to read that entry first. One element of God’s method of revealing himself to people is that he chooses specific people to accomplish specific missions. I want to look at the time of the exile, and three…
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Would This Be Bibliolatry?
Byhenry February 15, 2012
Red Letter Christians has a post titled “Is This Any Way to Treat a Bible?” which tells how a high school teacher, on seeing a student’s heavily marked Bible, held it up to the class and asked that question. The article that follows is excellent. I would think a more relevant question would be “Is…
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Convoluted Reasoning on Women Writing Commentaries
Byhenry April 3, 2013
John Piper is asked in a podcast whether a man can read a commentary written by a woman, with a follow-up as to whether one could then quote the commentary from the pulpit (HT: Jesus Creed). I find his reasoning here very convoluted. There is a much better logical basis for reading 1 Timothy 2:12…
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Above and Below: Thoughts on Exodus 32
Byhenry November 11, 2019
Yesterday I taught the Sunday School lesson for my class. The primary scripture was Exodus 32, the story of the golden calf. Our Adult Bible Studies title for the lesson was “The Permission Trap” and the goal was “To recognize the consequences of giving ourselves permission to do that which we know to be wrong.”…
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