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How To Read The Bible
1. How To Read the Bible A class for “ordinary” people
2. Today Today’s class will be an introduction to the rest of this class. Today we will think about three major questions: 1. Who am I? 2. What will we be studying? 3. Why is this kind of study necessary?
4. 1. Who? Married to Cindy, two Children Dean of Faculty at Knox New Testament Professor at Knox Ph. D. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Appeared several times on Nickelodeons’s WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
5. 2. What? Reading is more than simply knowing words and their meaning. To properly understand a document one must understand things such as Genre, Historical Background, Parables, Irony, Sarcasm, etc.
6. 3. Why? Which verses of the Bible should be followed strictly today and which are there to teach us principles? To properly understand this one needs some sort of criteria to determine the difference between a universal command and a cultural command.
7. Examples of Why “God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” ” (Genesis 1:28, NASB95)
8. Examples of Why “The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. ” (1 Corinthians 14:34, NASB95) “All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. ” (1 Corinthians 16:20, NASB95)
9. Examples of Why “‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together. ” (Leviticus 19:19, NASB95)
10. Examples of Why “For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head. For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. ” (1 Corinthians 11:6–7, NASB95)
11. Examples of Why “No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. ” (1 Timothy 5:23, NASB95)
12. Examples of Why “Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to him whose life is bitter. Let him drink and forget his poverty And remember his trouble no more. ” (Proverbs 31:6–7, NASB95)
13. Examples of Why “Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable. ” (1 Peter 2:18, NASB95)
14. Next Week An Overview of the entire Bible An answer to the Question: What is the Bible about? (the answer will be three words and one of the words is “and.” Some very simple methods for getting more out of your Bible study.