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 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 | Nov 18, 2021 | Bible Interpretation
Beware of social media sheologians. Really one should beware of any social media theologian. I am referring to a specific encounter I had with one theologian on social media. After George Floyd’s death, there was a lot of Scripture being misused to support systemic...
