Category Archives: Bible

Who Controls the Meaning in a Biblical Text?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by John M. DeMassa

Does the author or the reader determine the meaning of a selected biblical text? Our class, An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation: Tools and Techniques, turned its attention to this difficult question.

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The Bible Interpretation Adventure Begins: Is there a crisis in interpretation?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by John M. DeMassa

An Introduction to Bible interpretation: Tools and Techniques, is off and running.  We are now into our second week and no small number of great questions have been asked; What Bible translation (KJV, NASB, NIV, etc) is best? Doesn’t the … Continue reading →

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Chip Anderson on Faithful Bible Interpretation

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Ray Pennoyer

Over at his Words’nTone blog, the Rev. Chip Anderson has just completed a forceful three-part post on the importance of good exegesis and faithful Bible interpretation by Christian preachers and lay leaders. It is called Keep to the Word, to … Continue reading →

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Denzel Washington, Martin Luther, and Our Strange Neglect of the Bible

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Ray Pennoyer

What if you and I discovered that God himself – yes, the God who made the universe – was scheduled to speak at a certain college lecture hall or sports arena? I contend that we would spare no expense, time, … Continue reading →

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