On the one hand the church does not need any defending. The church is the people of God made holy by God’s holiness. It is a people in relationship with the Trinity. A people called by the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. On the other hand, there seems to [...]
In my last two columns we discussed misunderstandings of Bible interpretation and the foundation for interpreting the Bible in community. So in this final installment of the three part series on Bible interpretation we will explore what interpreting the Bible as a community might look like. Interpreting the Bible in [...]
Last week I shared 3 misunderstandings concerning Bible interpretation and suggested that the Bible should be interpreted in community. Allow me to give some precedent on interpreting the Bible in community. First, the birth of the church is perhaps the most significant precedent for community interpretation of the Bible. Obviously, [...]
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It’s New Testament wisdom literature… kind of like a ‘modern’ day Book of Proverbs. The Epistle of James is a book like no other in the New Testament. But that’s one of the things that makes it so special. Some of the greatest guidance we have on Christian living comes [...]
The Epistles of Bible are an amazing genre of literature! They are letters from Paul, Peter, John, and Jude to the churches. Particularly in Paul’s case, the letters are not to strangers, but to people with whom he was intimately familiar. Paul planted these churches and mentored these people. So [...]
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