by Josiah Nichols | Aug 16, 2022 | Discernment, Sanctification
“When the King [Josiah] heard the words of the Book of the Law he tore his clothes” (2 Kings 22:11, ESV). We have all heard of the Daniel Diet and Ezekiel bread, but how many of us heard of the Josiah Diet? With the Daniel Diet, one has to eat only vegetables and...
by Josiah Nichols | Aug 9, 2022 | Bible Interpretation, Discipleship, Evangelism, Sufficiency of Scripture
“For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2, ESV). Introduction Just recently, I listened to Jordan Peterson’s “Message to the Churches.”[1] Before I listened to this, I knew very little about the man. I was not...
by Josiah Nichols | Jul 14, 2022 | Bible, Sufficiency of Scripture, Systematic Theology
This post was originally written for the Systematic Theology 1 class for Liberty University’s John R. Rawling’s School of Divinity. I wrote to respond to the following prompt: “After reading Erickson’s and Feinberg’s sections on “inerrancy,” what is your position and...
by Josiah Nichols | Jun 28, 2022 | Bible Interpretation, LGBT+
“A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God (Deuteronomy 22:5, ESV). Introduction Andrew Rappaport really likes to stir the pot when it comes to Pride month. He...
by Josiah Nichols | Jun 23, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
Introduction The following was presented as a discussion post for Hermeneutics in Liberty University’s John R. Rowling’s School of Divinity. I was to pick one of the following passages and give an overview of the main point(s) of that passage based on the procedures...
by Josiah Nichols | Jun 21, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
Questions on Interpreting the Book of Acts The following was written as a discussion post for a grade for Liberty University’s John R. Rowling’s School of Divinity in Hermeneutics. It tries to answer the following questions: Give an explanation of the genre of the...
by Josiah Nichols | Jun 7, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
How Important is Understanding the Canon in Biblical Interpretation? The following is a discussion post originally done to fulfil an assignment for Liberty University’s Hermeneutics class. I attempted to answer the following questions: “Give a definition of...
by Josiah Nichols | Jun 2, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
How important is “literary context” to understanding the Bible properly? The following is a discussion post originally done to fulfil an assignment for Liberty University’s Hermeneutics class. I attempted to answer the following questions: “How important...
by Josiah Nichols | May 31, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
This was originally a paper for Hermeneutics NBST610 in Liberty University’s John R. Rawling’s School of Divinity Introduction Everyone has presuppositions when they come to a Bible passage. These presuppositions have to do with a lot of things such as...
by Josiah Nichols | May 19, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
“They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading” (Nehemiah 8:8, ESV). “וַֽיִּקְרְא֥וּ בַסֵּ֛פֶר בְּתוֹרַ֥ת הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים מְפֹרָ֑שׁ וְשׂ֣וֹם שֶׂ֔כֶל וַיָּבִ֖ינוּ בַּמִּקְרָֽא” (Nehemiah 8:8 Lexham...
by Josiah Nichols | May 10, 2022 | Bible Interpretation, Man, Social Issues, Theology
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, (Proverbs 1: 8, ESV). The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: (Proverbs 31: 1, ESV). Introduction We live in a world where Supreme Court Justices...
by Josiah Nichols | Apr 28, 2022 | Apologetics, Bible Interpretation, Jesus Christ, Sufficiency of Scripture
And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! (Luke 24: 25, ESV). Introduction There are many people who say they are New Testament Christians. What they mean by this statement is they do not read or see the...
