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Asking Questions of a Biblical Text
ByhenryAn excellent technique for digging deeper into a Bible text is to formulate questions about the text, and then look for answers to those questions. I discuss this briefly in my essay Reading the Text Precisely. A starting point for this is simply to ask basic fact questions about the text. Many difficult and angry…
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ByhenrySome good advice on for the Sake of Truth.
Parsimony of Miracle Assumptions: Matthew 21:1-7
ByhenryOr I might title this “Was Jesus a Horse Thieving Magician?” I learned this story so long ago I don’t remember just when it was, but I got a Sunday School version that left me with the impression that because Jesus was God, either he knew everything, or his father revealed to him the location…
Alan Brill Interviews David M. Carr
Byhenry… and a mighty interesting interview it is, including discussion of how authors, readers, and texts were understood in the ancient world.
Why You Should Read the Previous Post
ByhenryI had just finished posting the previous note, Talk about the Method, when I went back to my Google Reader and found this YouTube video, complete with a call to a five year commitment to God, via Polycarp: Now if people had any knowledge of method, or were at least practiced in thinking about method,…
Ephesians 5:21-33: A Short Lesson in Focus
ByhenryIt often amazes me to notice the difference in what I get from the scriptures when I approach a book or a passage simply asking what message God has for me in that passage as opposed to when I search out various passages of scripture in order to answer a particular theological question. That second…