A fantastic question came up in our How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth class on Sunday. It takes a little setup first… We were discussing the book of Esther and reviewing the hermeneutical principles involved in reading… Read More

In the last How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth class, we talk about the problem of taking a verse out of context and applying it in a way that the author would not have recognized–with the justification… Read More

Many parents today have punted on their duty to be the primary spiritual teachers/mentors to their children. However, according to Barna, people seem to think differently then they actually act. -Nine out of ten parents of children under age 13… Read More

Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the teacher said, “Bobby, when I was a child, I was told if I made ugly faces, it… Read More

During the discussion portion of last Sunday’s class I referred to the process of working though the details (or particulars) of a biblical text and arriving at truth from them. For example, we work through an epistle (or letter) and try… Read More