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Women in the Kingdom of God (Resources and the Podcast)

Women in the Kingdom of God (Resources and the Podcast)

by Luke Geraty | Nov 2, 2018 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Scripture

 On Sunday, I shared a message addressing the question, “Is Christianity oppressive to women?” Take a listen by clicking “play” above or go here and download it. My conclusion is that, yes, sometimes Christianity has been oppressive to women...
Happy Women’s Day: Giving Women the Same Interpretive “Freedom” As Slaves

Happy Women’s Day: Giving Women the Same Interpretive “Freedom” As Slaves

by Luke Geraty | Mar 8, 2017 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Old Testament, Scripture

As I have continued studying issues related to women in ministry, gender, and hermeneutics (biblical interpretation), I have come to the conclusion that the Bible requires that Church does all that she can to both encourage and empower women to actively pursue...
Do You Interpret the Bible Literally?

Do You Interpret the Bible Literally?

by Brad Blocksom | Mar 8, 2016 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Old Testament, Scripture

Do you interpret the Bible literally? Have you ever been asked this question as if it was some kind of test for orthodoxy? No one takes everything in the Bible literally!! Do you believe that the earth is a rectangle (Is. 11:12)? Do you really believe that Jesus wants...
The Most Difficult Issue in Hermeneutics!

The Most Difficult Issue in Hermeneutics!

by Brad Blocksom | Jul 28, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Scripture

It was one of those late into the night conversations. It was the final night before the conclusion of the Society of Vineyard Scholars Confernce back in April of this year. I stopped by my friend Kenny Burchard’s room at about 11:30pm. We talked into the wee...
Read Scripture and Let Scripture Read You

Read Scripture and Let Scripture Read You

by Luke Geraty | May 6, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Scripture

What is the Bible? The Bible is unlike any other book ever written… it’s an ancient collection of writings, comprised of 66 separate books, written over approximately 1,600 years, by at least 40 distinct authors. The Old Testament contains 39 books written from...
The New Scribes: A Kingdom Hermeneutic

The New Scribes: A Kingdom Hermeneutic

by Brad Blocksom | Feb 10, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Scripture

Matthew 13:52 (ESV)  “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” – Jesus So I was reading this passage during my devotions last month...
Exchanging the Apologetic with the Prophetic: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Postmodern Hermeneutics

Exchanging the Apologetic with the Prophetic: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Postmodern Hermeneutics

by Andrew Williams | Jan 19, 2015 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics

Postmodernism is thought to be as both the villain and the savior for the contemporary church, depending on who is asked. To some, postmodernity is the greatest threat to the Christian Church since Nero, and to others, it is a breath of fresh air that promises the...
The Complete Neglect of the Role of the Holy Spirit in Biblical Interpretation (Part 10 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

The Complete Neglect of the Role of the Holy Spirit in Biblical Interpretation (Part 10 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

by Brad Blocksom | Dec 9, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Scripture

10.  Recapture a rigorous commitment to the critical role of the Holy Spirit in exegesis and hermeneutics. As I stated in last week’s post, I spent 10 years in Seminary having Grammatico-Historical exegesis pounded into my head as the only legitimate way to...
What About Christological Interpretation? (Part 9 of 10 Ways we Must Read the Bible Differently)

What About Christological Interpretation? (Part 9 of 10 Ways we Must Read the Bible Differently)

by Brad Blocksom | Dec 1, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Old Testament, Scripture

#9.  Christological interpretation is an important key. Whereas many Biblicists seem to border on being guilty of Bibliolatry. After almost 10 years in Seminary I took a course from Tremper Longman on Proverbs/Wisdom Literature. After years of having...
Context: the Game-Changer

Context: the Game-Changer

by Robby McAlpine | Nov 25, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Scripture

Have you ever heard the saying, “A text without a context is only a pretext?” It’s a pithy reminder that taking Bible verses out of their context can (usually does) result in teaching that’s weak, unsupported, or downright false. Context is crucial; the game-changer....
The War of the Church vs. Academia: A Call to Cease Fire (Part 8 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

The War of the Church vs. Academia: A Call to Cease Fire (Part 8 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

by Brad Blocksom | Nov 18, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Scripture

#8.  The church and Christian Academia need to stop viewing each other as mortal enemies. The Christian academy needs to stop bashing the church as a bunch of caveman fundamentalists who know nothing about the Bible and assume their rightful place in assisting the...
Why Bible Formatting and Layout Matters (part 7 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

Why Bible Formatting and Layout Matters (part 7 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

by Brad Blocksom | Nov 11, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Scripture

#7.  Single column text, normal paragraph formatting/layout and, dare I say it, removing verse numbering from our Bibles will go a long way toward helping people to read the Bible as if it were actually a real book! Truth be told, I have already written a fair amount...
Topical Teaching is not an improvement upon the Bible as God originally gave it to us (Part 6 of 10)

Topical Teaching is not an improvement upon the Bible as God originally gave it to us (Part 6 of 10)

by Brad Blocksom | Nov 3, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Scripture

#6  When we systematize the Bible, or pick and choose verses from its diversity for a “topical teaching” we deceive ourselves if we believe that we have somehow improved upon the Bible from the form that God actually gave it to us in. Prior to the late eighteenth...
Proof-Texting is a Bad Habit that we Need to Break (Part 5 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

Proof-Texting is a Bad Habit that we Need to Break (Part 5 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

by Brad Blocksom | Oct 27, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Old Testament, Scripture

#5.  Proof-texting is a bad habit that we need to break ourselves of. Simply citing chapter and verse does not end any theological/biblical argument! I will define proof-texting as the idea that if we can cite a single verse from the Bible which supports the point...
Radical Biblicism is Actually a Bad Thing (Part 4 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

Radical Biblicism is Actually a Bad Thing (Part 4 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

by Brad Blocksom | Oct 21, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Old Testament, Scripture

#4. Radical Biblicism is actually a bad thing! Before you burn me at the stake as a heretic, let me just make clear what I did not say. I did not say that a great reverence for or a high view of scripture is a bad thing. I did not say that believing the Bible is the...
Is it really being soft on the gospel to not use the word “sin”?

Is it really being soft on the gospel to not use the word “sin”?

by Luke Geraty | Oct 20, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Hermeneutics

If you pay attention to certain theological circles, you’ll have heard someone say something like this: “Preachers who do not use the word “sin” in their sermons are watering down the gospel. If you aren’t willing to name sin, than you...
Reading The Bible as Story (Part 3 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

Reading The Bible as Story (Part 3 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

by Brad Blocksom | Oct 14, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Old Testament, Scripture

#3  The Bible is story. This includes both individual stories in the varying “books” of the Bible, as well as an underlying story of God’s plan for redemption of creation (a.k.a. redemptive history). To tell the truth, I kinda already talked about this a lot in last...
The Bible as Literature (Part 2 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

The Bible as Literature (Part 2 of 10 ways we must read the Bible differently)

by Brad Blocksom | Oct 7, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics

#2  The Bible is literature and should thus be read as law, poetry, narrative, theological history, apocalyptic, etc. Welcome to week 2 of our 10-part series on reading the Bible as God intended. Since last week we looked at how not to read the Bible, I thought it...
10 Things We Must Do Differently to Read Scripture as God’s Authoritative Revelation for Humanity

10 Things We Must Do Differently to Read Scripture as God’s Authoritative Revelation for Humanity

by Brad Blocksom | Sep 23, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Scripture

Earlier this year, in April, I presented a Paper (with the same title as above) at the Society of Vineyard Scholars conference in Columbus, OH. as part of a panel discussion on Hermeneutics. Specifically,the topic was The Authority of God in Scripture. Because the...
Can a passage of the Bible have multiple meanings?

Can a passage of the Bible have multiple meanings?

by Luke Geraty | Mar 18, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics

Everyone reads the Bible with some basic assumptions about how the Bible best speaks. For example, these are the types of questions that people are often thinking of: What did this mean when it was written? What did the author intend for this to mean? How have people...
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Quotable Theology

For God, who is the highest righteousness, cannot love the unrighteousness that He sees in us all. All of us, therefore, have in ourselves something deserving of God’s hatred… But because the Lord wills not to lose what is His in us, out of His own kindness He still finds something to love.

— John Calvin

Quotable Theology

For God, who is the highest righteousness, cannot love the unrighteousness that He sees in us all. All of us, therefore, have in ourselves something deserving of God’s hatred… But because the Lord wills not to lose what is His in us, out of His own kindness He still finds something to love.

— John Calvin
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