I just came across this new journal. It's rationale is as follows: The Journal of Inductive Biblical Studies intends to promote the hermeneutical approach to the study of the Scriptures generally known as Inductive Biblical Studies. By Inductive Biblical Study (IBS)...
Interpretation
Heiser's Laws for Bible Study
I was doodling today, and this came out. Really. Last night when I should have been grading some papers I was in the mood to do some work on my next four-week teaching session at church. You'll know how unusual that was when I tell you it's going to be on prophecy...
On to the Use of the OT in the NT
Hopefully by now you have all read the files I posted to prep for this topic. If not, you still have a little time before I pick the first passage we'll look at. I will be posting excerpts during the discussion from Beale and Carson's (eds) Commentary on the Use of...
Want to Study How the Church Fathers Cited the Bible?
Then I highly recommend this post for its description of an important online resource for just this purpose. It's excellent. Editor's note: resource mentioned can be found here: Home • BiblIndex
Sola Scriptura?
I received a question in email recently asking whether I'd ever blogged my understanding of sola Scriptura. I haven't (so far as I can recall), but I hope I've illustrated where I'm at. Still, I though it would be worth jotting it down. Here's the result of the 2-3...
Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation
I had a brief question tonight in email about Afrocentric Bible interpretation. I thought others might be interested in Yamauchi's short overview of the subject. Afrocentrism and Afrocentric Biblical Interpretation The file / excerpt comes from Yamauchi's book, Africa...
Revisiting Heiser’s Laws for Bible Study
Back in 2011 (hard to believe it's that long ago) I posted a short list of what I called "Heiser's Laws for Bible Study." It was a popular post, perhaps because it was prompted by questions I get all the time related to how to study the Bible. I've been working on...
V. P. Long and the Theological History of the Bible
Last week in the office while I was gone we had Phil Long in for some filming of our own on the OT historical books and biblical historiography. I only got to spend two days with Phil due to my Nashville trip, but enjoyed the time. I regularly use portions of his...
Urban Legends (Unconscious Lies) Preachers Tell
Had to direct you all to this succinct list of spurious material that many of you have probably heard from a pulpit or on the radio. Kudos again to Todd Bolen for alerting me to this. Here are some that made the list, along with some links for more detail): The “eye...