Bible Explorer's Guide: How to Understand and Interpret the BibleKregel Academic - 286 pages Serious study of the Bible can be a daunting task for any Christian. The desire to explore God's Word is the beginning of the process. Bible explorers also need the proper tools and an experienced guide to lead the adventure through the Scriptures. There is no better guide for this exploration than one who has spent his life leading people at every level of training on journeys into the wonders of Scripture. John Phillips provides the proper tools as well as the wise, sensible guidance to help any believer dig into the Scriptures and search out their meaning and significance. In the Bible Explorer's Guide, Dr. Phillips provides the ground rules for handling God's Word--including the "Golden Rule" for studying Scripture; symbols in the Bible's discussion of covenants and dispensations; and interpreting types, parables, and prophecy. It also offers practical "maps" and resources to aid in a discovery study--a survey of Scripture, a harmony of the Gospels, and summaries of Bible history and names. If you are looking for a serious but understandable guide to studying the Bible, look no further. The Bible Explorer's Guide is your handbook. John Phillips served as assistant director of the Moody Correspondence School as well as director of the Emmaus Correspondence School, one of the world's largest Bible correspondence ministries. He also taught in the Moody Evening School and on the Moody Broadcasting radio network. |
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... deal with kingdom truth , and to try to read into them salva- tion truth or church truth leads only to confusion . Some of the parables , of course , do present salvation truth ( the parable of the prodigal son , for instance ) and some ...
... deals with Greek words . You look up the number 25 and discover that the word lovest comes from the Greek word agapē . You look up the number 5365 and discover that Peter's word for love was phileō . Moreover , Strong's lexicon gives a ...
... deal about hadēs . In the days when He lived on earth , hadēs was divided into two sections , the one divided from the other by an impassable gulf . The soul of the rich man went to one section ; the soul of Lazarus went to the other ...
... deals with God's activity in creation . The plain , obvious , lit- eral interpretation of the passage will bring out God's creatorial activity . Beneath the surface , however , is a built - in allegory . On the secondary level the ...
... the king . At that point , Mordecai begins to deal with Esther about her un- derstandable but inexcusable silence . She has long since ceased to speak to her husband about the salvation provided for him 56 Hermeneutics.
Contents
Interpreting Types | 110 |
Interpreting the Parables | 114 |
Interpreting Prophecy | 117 |
The Laws of Mention | 126 |
The Devotional Rule | 132 |
Numbers in the Bible | 134 |
Names in the Bible | 143 |
Christ the Ultimate Key | 149 |
Bible Symbols | 61 |
The Law of Context | 69 |
The Survey Principle | 73 |
The Importance of Structure | 76 |
The Dispensations | 80 |
The Covenants | 88 |
Things that Differ | 100 |
The Obscurity Rule | 108 |
Helps | 155 |
A Survey of the Bible | 157 |
A Harmony of the Gospels | 175 |
A Summary of Bible History | 187 |
Symbols in the Bible | 200 |
A Summary of Bible Names | 218 |
Helpful Books for Study | 252 |
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Bible Explorer's Guide: How to Understand and Interpret the Bible John Phillips No preview available - 2002 |