I interview Rev. Geoffrey Lentz, pastor of First United Methodist Church, Pensacola, on Wesleyan approaches to Bible study. Your theology, particularly your theology of revelation/inspiration, will impact the way you read and study.
Dr. Bruce Epperly, author of the Participatory Study Series volume on Philippians, is posting a series of videos on the book, and we’ll be posting these here. To start, however, we’re going to re-post his video, The Message of Philippians.
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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…
Elgin Hushbeck, Jr, author of Evidence for the Bible (3rd Edition), discusses the word inerrancy and the reliability of the Bible.
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,…
When we approach the Bible, it’s easy to treat it purely as an intellectual exercise, reading chapter after chapter to acquire knowledge. But how important are prayer and meditation in truly studying and absorbing the scriptures? According to Donna Marie Ennis in her book The Ground of God, prayer and meditation are absolutely essential. They…
