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Tag Archives: Bible interpretation
How I understand the Old Testament
Much of this is a review of what I’ve written on the subject but will serve as an appropriate ending to this brief series, “Making Sense of the Old Testament,” by summarizing how I read the text. We’ll already seen … Continue reading
Posted in Christian apologetics, Theology
Tagged Bible interpretation, Christianity, Jesus Christ, MSOT, Old Testament
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Making sense of the Old Testament – Part One
If we’re going to have a meaningful discussion about the Old Testament we must first go over how to understand it. For instance, superficially reading it as a flat woodenly literal textbook will give us a wrong view of what … Continue reading
Jesus exegetes God
Whatever is like Jesus is like God; whatever is not like Jesus is not like God. I’ve said this many times in order to clarify that only Jesus Christ tells us what God is like. And just as important, Jesus interprets … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine, Theology
Tagged Bible interpretation, Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Hermeneutic
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Immanuel, mystery, and the trajectory of glory
One thing we cannot afford to do is read the Bible as if Jesus never happened. This is especially true with the Old Testament. When we read the Bible indiscriminately, not interpreting it through the lens of Jesus Christ, we end up … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine, Faith, Identity
Tagged Bible interpretation, Bible prophecy, Christianity, Christmas, glory, Immanuel, Mystery of God, Religion and Spirituality
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Testing, testing… (answer key)
Okay, we discovered last time that what’s wrong with our picture is that the king of spades is red and the ace of hearts is black. Why do these things work on us? To quote the site where I got this picture…
Posted in Doctrine, Reformation, Theology
Tagged Bible interpretation, Christianity, DLPFC, Red Spades, transformation
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More on the Jesus Hermeneutic
If I simply let the Bible text be my hermeneutical guide for understanding Scripture, I can come up with a view of God that’s conflicted, schizophrenic, and two-faced: an angry, retributive, genocidal, legalistic God of the Law on the one side, and the gracious, … Continue reading
Posted in Doctrine, Father Heart of God, Theology
Tagged Bible interpretation, Christianity, Christology, Jesus, Jesus Hermeneutic
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Did God kill Jesus? Introduction
Did God the Father have to kill His beloved Son, Jesus, in order to forgive us? Before I can talk about this subject, I’m going to have to play the part of Morpheus. You’re going to need to make a decision.
