Paul’s Paradigm

All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;  2 Timothy 3:16  NASB Scripture – What does Paul mean when he uses the Greek term graphḗ?  Before we can answer that, we need to know something about the wider meaning of the term in the first century.  graphḗ…

Personal Prophecy (2)

Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.  2 Peter 1:20-21  ESV Scripture – What does Peter mean by the Greek term gráphēs? …

Personal Prophecy (1)

Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.  2 Peter 1:20-21  ESV Someone’s own interpretation – Hendel, Martone, Orlinsky, Alter, Hoffman . ….

The Apostle’s Sources

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,  1 Corinthians 15:3-4  NASB Received – Who told Paul that Yeshua died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the…

Recent Reads

While I am being an invalid confined to the apartment, I have had time to read, and I just finished the second of two books worth mentioning. First is William Tucker’s Marriage and Civilization (Regnery, 2014).  While you might not embrace Tucker’s early evolutionary view of the development of monogamy in animal kingdoms and pre-historical…

Erasing the Bible

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness 2 Timothy 3:16 NASB Scripture – Sometimes the truth overpowers paradigm assumptions. Sometimes men who stand theologically apart nevertheless see the same revelation. Jacques Ellul and Abraham Heschel both come to the same conclusion when they consider…

Canon Complications

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NASB All Scripture – It goes without saying that Paul is not referring to anything in our New Testament. For…

Closed Loop Exegesis

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16 NASB Scripture – By now you realize that even the choice of words in a translation carry paradigm imported meanings. For example, it seems abundantly obvious that Paul was not referring to his own…

Thematic Interpretation

Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires that spirit which He has made to dwell in us”? James 4:5 The Scripture – When you read this verse, do you simply assume that James is quoting some verse in the Old Testament (Tanakh)?  Better check your cross references.  You…