“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...
“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...
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...
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...
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 ‘canon.’...
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 is 'literary...
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 culture, sex,...
“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...
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 cannot identify a...
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...