Hermeneutics
How to read the Bible faithfully. Context, exegesis, and the discipline of letting Scripture say what it means.
6 guides in this topic.
Word Studies Done Right
The dunamis-means-dynamite claim is wrong, and so is agape versus philia. How to run a Greek word study that holds up.
6 min read
Why Bible Context Matters
A verse means one thing and applies many ways. What "our citizenship is in heaven" meant to a Roman colony, and why context is not optional.
3 min read
Sufficient and Clear
Sufficiency does not mean teachers are useless, and clarity does not mean every passage is easy. What the two doctrines claim, and what they do not.
5 min read
Eisegesis vs Exegesis: What Is the Difference?
Exegesis draws meaning out of the text. Eisegesis reads meaning into it. How the drift happens to sincere readers, and the habits that keep you honest.
5 min read
Contextual study
Most of Scripture was written by someone to someone else before it was written for us. How to find the setting of a book before you read it.
3 min read
Common Interpretive Errors
Proof-texting, allegorizing, over-applied promises, and flattening narrative into a moral. The errors that ruin teaching before anyone speaks.
7 min read