Know & Love: Interpreting the Scriptures for Life

In this final episode of Season 1, we discuss what may seem to be a question with an obvious answer. We hope to point out ways that this message is subtly shared and indicated.

Do you come purposefully to your Bible study? We have found that it is so easy to be passive readers of the Bible! In this episode, we discuss some helpful questions to ask in Bible study categorized under three main headings:

Content - what is the text saying?

Theology - What is the text teaching?

Application - how does this text affect my life?

In this episode, we finish our discussion of the covenants with the New Covenant and why it's important to our understanding of the entire Bible.

In this episode, we continue our discussion of the covenants with the covenant with David and why it's important to our understanding of the Bible as a whole.

In this episode, we continue our discussion of the covenants with the covenant with Israel (Mosaic Covenant) and why it's important to our understanding of the Bible as a whole. 

In this episode, we continue our discussion of the covenants with the covenant with Abraham and why it's important to our understanding of the Bible. 

In this episode:

Covenant and God's Purpose for the World (Schreiner) 

Kingdom through Covenant (Gentry/Wellum)

Kingdom through Covenant: A Concise Biblical Theology  (Gentry/Wellum)

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In this episode, we seek to define what a covenant is and discuss the importance of the first two covenants found in Scripture (the covenant with Creation and the covenant with Noah).

Covenant and God's Purpose for the World (Schreiner) 

Kingdom through Covenant (Gentry/Wellum)

Kingdom through Covenant: A Concise Biblical Theology  (Gentry/Wellum) 

Email us at [email protected] or visit our website. 

In the last episode, we discussed ways we often incorrectly read the Bible. This time we focus on helps to read it correctly including three levels of interpretation:

Textual (immediate level)

Covenantal (progressive level)

Canonical (big story level)

Are you reading the Bible like a Christian? Is this even a question we need to ask? This episode uncovers some of the wrong ways we often approach our scripture reading. 

Even after we're convinced that Bible study is essential, there are excuses that may lead us astray with being consistent with time in God's Word. We discuss four common excuses and a few helps to defeat them in today's episode.