Tag Archives: Bible interpretation

Girard and the trajectory of Scriptural revelation

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Mel Wild

Something I’ve said for a long time now is that you cannot properly understand the Bible without Jesus interpreting it for you. Yet, many Christians read the Bible indiscriminately, as if Jesus never happened. Historically, and even to this day, … Continue reading →

Posted in Father Heart of God, Theology | Tagged Bible interpretation, Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Hermeneutic, Religion and Spirituality, René Girard, Scapegoating | 6 Comments

How I understand the Old Testament

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Mel Wild

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 | 268 Comments

Making sense of the Old Testament – Part One

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Mel Wild

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 →

Posted in Christian apologetics | Tagged Bible interpretation, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Creation in Genesis, MSOT, Old Testament, Religion and Spirituality | 237 Comments

Jesus exegetes God

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Mel Wild

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 | 9 Comments

Immanuel, mystery, and the trajectory of glory

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Mel Wild

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 | 7 Comments

Testing, testing… (answer key)

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Mel Wild

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 | 6 Comments

More on the Jesus Hermeneutic

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Mel Wild

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 →

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Did God kill Jesus? Introduction

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Mel Wild

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.