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For students of the Bible seeking a richer, more personal engagement with scripture, Bruce G. Epperly’s The God of the Growing Edge: Whitehead and Thurman on Theology, Spirituality, and Social Change offers valuable insights into transformative spiritual practices. The following extract, detailing one of the book’s spiritual exercises, introduces Lectio Divina, or “holy reading,” a…
Word Meaning and Bible Study
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…
Inspiration and Participatory Bible Study
I recently added Understanding the Bible – With and Without Inerrancy to the Energion Publications YouTube channel, and I believe this can be helpful to people in their Bible study. I am the interviewer for this video, and am talking with two very good friends, Alden Thompson, who was my undergraduate advisor, and Elgin Hushbeck,…
Bruce Epperly on the Message of Philippians
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Preaching with Bad Motives
[The following is an extract from Philippians: A Participatory Study Guide by Bruce Epperly. On Good Friday, I believe it’s a good idea to think of what it means to love one another as Jesus loved us. That sort of thinking about others is the foundation of Christian unity. — HN] The Ironies of Evangelism…
