Biblical Studies Carnival XVI
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Making It Hard to Read
Byhenry
Joel Watts suggests that we might need to make laypeople learn some of the more difficult theological terms, and he quotes an Economist study to support his contention. I would relate his comment to my own suggestion about the different ways of reading scripture. I don’t think we always want to read slowly and in…
Meditations on According to John
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Anyone who has made a serious effort to teach from the Gospel of John has likely experienced the difficulty of giving people a clear picture of the connections between various parts of the book, not to mention the frequent allusions to passages in the Hebrew scriptures. One can easily run out of fingers to “hold…
ChristianBibleStudies.com: How to Lead a Good Discussion
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I’m adding a couple of links from Christianity Today to this site, and I want to call particular attention to them. I try to keep the links, especially those near the top, as useful as possible. One of my key suggestions for Bible study is to look at different views in order to fill out…
Duped on Ekklesia?
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On God Directed Deviations Miguel posts You’ve Been Duped! Ekklesia Does Not Mean “Called Out Ones.” He quite justifiably identifies the etymological fallacy. But in the comments, some folks are not so sure and don’t really see the issue. I can see why they don’t see it. As I’ve pointed out before, there’s a reason…
List of Recent and Forthcoming Commentaries
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… at Parableman. Looks comprehensive and useful.
Morgan Guyton Reviews a Review
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I will definitely be reading Rachel Held Evans’ new book A Year of Biblical Womanhood, but I haven’t done so yet, so I’m not commenting on that book. It’s always interesting to me, however, to see reviews of reviews before I’ve gotten my hands on a book. In this case the review getting reviewed is…