Secondhand Seminary

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Continuing through our discussion of Spiritual Disciplines with a discussion on Scripture Meditation

Resources from this episode:

• Methods of Meditation on Scripture (Don Whitney)

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Backing up before we move ahead - getting grounded in why and how to take in scripture before applying it.

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What is fasting, and what do we misunderstand about this spiritual discipline in the context of our modern world? Let's dive in!

Books Resources from this episode:

• Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life | Whitney, Donald S.
• A Hunger for God | Piper, John
• Habits of Grace | Mathis, David
• LoveTalk Network - Episode with Heather 

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It's episode 10, and we're starting in discussion of our next class - Personal Spiritual Disciplines.

Book links from this episode:

• Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life | Whitney, Donald S.
• 40 Questions about Prayer | Harrod, Joseph
• A Little Book on the Christian Life | Calvin, John
• When the Darkness Will Not Lift | Piper, John
• Refresh | Murray, David and Shona
• Reset | Murray, David and Shona

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We're finishing up our series on Biblical Hermeneutics with a discussion of how to rightly read, interpret, and apply epistolary (that means "written as a letter"!) literature in the Bible - and also a little teaser about what's coming in episode 10, as we start in on a whole new course!

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We're diving in today about how to properly read, interpret, and apply the prophetic and apocalyptic genres in our Bible.

Books referenced Today:

• 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible by Robert Plummer
  
  
  

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We're continuing our discussion in Biblical Hermeneutics, covering Parables, Poetry, and Wisdom Literature (and a few corrections from last week

Some resources we referenced in this episode:

40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible

Literarily: How Understanding Bible Genres Transforms Bible Study

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We dive into the start of course #2, Biblical Hermeneutics, including a discussion on the importance of Biblical inerrancy, and how to read and study narrative genre in the Bible.

Josephus: The Complete Works is a book we mentioned in this episode as a valuable reference for understanding historical context of the ancient Jewish world in particular.

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As a follow up to last week's discussion on her research topic of "Anger: A Spiritual Battle," Heather shares a personal testimony of her own experience dealing with anger.

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We're diving in to the topic of Anger, the subject of Heather's research paper.

Some books we mention in this episode:

• Good and Angry by David Powlison
• Forgive by Tim Keller
• The Peacemaker by Ken Sande
• Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands by Paul David Tripp
• The Dynamic Heart by Jeremy Pierre
• The Practical Works of Richard Baxter