Scripture is to be read purposefully with a goal of internalizing its truth so that you can apply that truth to your own life. Scripture is a living Word, which interacts with the person and context of the reader in its own voice of person and context from its original source. The Holy Spirit enables the Word to Continue reading
This week we continued our discussion of the united narrative of Scripture by exploring the timeline of the New Testament. This Sunday we will discuss the timeline of the Old Testament, but I wanted to deal with the NT first because we will be referencing it in our discussion of the OT, seeing that the OT points forward to Christ and the story of the NT. We deal with a much more compressed timeframe of authorship and recollection with the NT than we do with the OT. Continue reading
I began a Bible study at my churches on Sunday that I have taught at every church I have served. I call it “The Story of Scripture,” and use it as an intro to teaching the Scripture as a whole, book by book. Here, I simply wish to put down in writing the main ideas that are taught in these sessions. Continue reading
