Bite-Sized Exegesis

Teaching the Church to Love Bible Study

Close Reading, Old Testament, Proverbs, Studying the Bible

How to Read Proverbs Effectively in English

If you do these things, reading either chapter-by-chapter or verse-by-verse, you will be on your way to a far more effective and enriching reading of the book of Proverbs than, I suspect, most people usually experience.

Close Reading, Studying the Bible

Focusing on the Problem Spots

Part of teaching the Church to love Bible Study is teaching them how to read the Bible closely. In that spirit, this is something I wrote a few months ago for my church's blog: As I have been teaching Romans and Galatians on Sunday mornings these last several months, I have also had occasion to…

Bible and History, Biblical Scholarship, Close Reading, Genesis, Genesis 1, Old Testament, Pentateuch, Studying the Bible

Genesis 1 as a Theological Litmus Test

The literal interpretation of Genesis 1:1-2:3 runs into serious problems on more than one level, not the least of which is how to understand the “firmament.”