Don’t Take This Precious Gift For Granted
By Energion author Linda Estes.
One of the key elements of participatory Bible study is that everyone participates in the study, and everybody participates in living that study. The approach is intended to draw more people into action in your church or community and to help them continue to learn new things. Repetitive Too much Christian education is a repetitive…
No, there is nothing wrong with a disciplined system of Bible study. But there is everything wrong with worshipping your system or imposing it on others. — David Alan Black, Seven Marks of a New Testament Church, pp. 21-22.
Dave Black’s comment is extracted on the Jesus Paradigm site. Dave Black comments on Origen and the authorship of Hebrews an essay. I’m still sticking with my statement in the study guide that it is impossible to be certain, even moderately so, regarding the authorship of the book.
Many people use word studies in Bible study, but there are many pitfalls in the process, especially if you don’t know the original languages. The key is context. Always look at a word in its context. Don’t try to force the results of a word study on the particular passage you’re reading. This video by…
From the forthcoming book Faith and Reason by Elgin L. Hushbeck, Jr. A quick way to end up in trouble is to see the Bible as mainly discussing what others should be doing. Faith and Reason, p. 41 (coming March 1, 2021)
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