What does the text mean? In a recent post entitled Hermeneutics Matters I made a statement: “It [the context was a biblical passage] cannot mean what it never meant.” Future generations cannot reinterpret and give the ancient text a contemporary meaning....
Have you ever been misunderstood? Have you ever had your words taken out of context? Have you ever had someone take your words and give them their meaning? If you have, you understand the frustration that can come with being presented inaccurately. Yet, I’m sad...
In a previous post, I offered some working definitions of Dispensationalism as a system. I defined what it is as well as what it isn’t. In this post, I want to provide a description, an illustration, of what Dispensationalism is. A House Law Have you ever...
I grew up reading Clarence Larkin’s charts and C.I. Scofield’s study notes. Many preacher’s I knew introduced their text with the page numbers from the 1917 Scofield Reference Bible. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was being exposed to a...
Studying the Bible is the task of a workman (2 Tim 2.15). Yet, one doesn’t need a terminal degree in Biblical Exposition to be able to study the Bible personally. For those just starting out – or for those who need a reminder – here are three simple...
