by Kenny Burchard | Jun 18, 2018 | Biblical Studies, Humor, New Testament, Old Testament, Politics, Satire, Scripture
Below, you will find every text in the entire Bible (Old Testament and New), that definitively and substantively directs the United States of America in how it, as a sovereign nation, is to construct its immigration laws. I would be interested to hear in the comments...
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...
by Kenny Burchard | Apr 14, 2016 | Hermeneutics, Old Testament, Scripture
I just finished reading a news blog in which it was reported that Donald Trump shared his favorite Biblical teaching. And what is it? Well, “An eye for an eye,” of course. I’m simply not impressed by anything that Mr. Trump says about the Bible. But...
by Kenny Burchard | Mar 24, 2016 | Biblical Studies, Old Testament
Warning – This post has footnotes! I read the book of Malachi again this week and was so blessed by it that I wanted to provide a theological overview of the whole book (from my perspective) that I hope will encourage you. You may want to read the whole book of...
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...
by Kenny Burchard | Jan 29, 2016 | Biblical Studies, Old Testament
If you have ever tried to read the whole Old Testament and gotten lost, or tried to explain what is happening in the Old Testament and gotten bogged down in the details, this short video may help. Watch and see if it doesn’t help you to understand the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Luke Geraty | Sep 14, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, New Testament, Old Testament
I recently was told by someone that they didn’t need theology because they just needed the Bible. N. T. Wright responds in The New Testament and the People of God as follows: “Biblical studies needs theology, because only with theological tools can...
by Kenny Burchard | Aug 14, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Biblical Theology, Old Testament
A verse from a confessional reading in the Moravian Hymnal reads: Oh yes, having found in the Lord our delight, He is our chief object by day and by night; This knits us together, no longer we roam, We all have one Father, and heaven is our home. [1] Echoing this...
by Kenny Burchard | May 19, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Old Testament
This post is meant to go “hand in hand” (pun intended) with my recent post on New Testament Theology. The two together form a cohesive way of understanding the Bible from start to finish. As I said in the first post, my particular emphasis in Biblical...
by Kenny Burchard | Apr 15, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Old Testament
Religious people love formulas. We love creeds, propositions, systems, and theological conclusions that help us to make sense of the bible, the world, God, life, good, evil, right and wrong. When we make conclusions based on everything we know about biblical teaching,...
by Kenny Burchard | Mar 27, 2014 | Biblical Studies, Old Testament
I have had the honor of journeying through the Old Testament with Elmer Martens in my final semester at the Biblical seminary I attend. At this point in our course on Old Testament Theology, we’re looking at the prophetic writings and prophetic patterns in the...
by Luke Geraty | Aug 18, 2013 | Old Testament
For many years, I found the first five books of the Bible rather frustrating and difficult to understand and integrate. All of the basic answers to the questions I had were never adequately answered in some of the churches and classes I took. Looking back on many of...
by Luke Geraty | Jul 20, 2013 | Messy Church, Old Testament, Revival
As I’ve been preparing for tomorrow’s sermon at Trinity Christian Fellowship, I’ve been struck by the cyclical patterns that are found throughout the Old Testament, but specifically throughout Judges. Time and time again, you find the following...
by Luke Geraty | May 27, 2013 | Apologetics, Biblical Studies, Old Testament
My oldest daughter and I had a fun conversation this afternoon. She’s a 4th grader who is super smart and curious. I have a hard time keeping up with all of her questions. In fact, our new game includes her trying to ask me questions that I don’t know the...
by Luke Geraty | Feb 16, 2013 | Old Testament
The most difficult part of the Book of Ruth is in Naomi’s advice to Ruth on how to snatch Boaz as husband. The text reads: “Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the...
by Luke Geraty | Nov 24, 2012 | Hip Hop Culture, Old Testament
For a number of years I’ve been wrestling with the Wisdom Literature found in the Hebrew Bible. I don’t mean “wrestle” to imply that I’m struggling to accept what it says, teaches, or records. No, my wrestling has been strictly related to...
