Category Archives: Bible Study Method

Would This Be Bibliolatry?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Henry Neufeld

Red Letter Christians has a post titled “Is This Any Way to Treat a Bible?” which tells how a high school teacher, on seeing a student’s heavily marked Bible, held it up to the class and asked that question. The … Continue reading →

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Biblical vs. Unbiblical

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Henry Neufeld

Morgan Guyton has a very strong (and, in my view, entirely justified) reaction to the abuse of the term “biblical.” … In how many other “Bible” churches out there has “Biblical” become a code-word for an ideological platform that serves … Continue reading →

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Ken Schenck on Women in Ministry

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Henry Neufeld

Ken Schenck outlines his reasons for supporting complete equality in ministry, and he even uses the t-word — trajectory, as I did in my previous post. The arguments are related to those used by Kubo, but Schenck goes into some … Continue reading →

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Alan Brill Interviews David M. Carr

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Henry Neufeld

… and a mighty interesting interview it is, including discussion of how authors, readers, and texts were understood in the ancient world.

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Connecting the Scriptural Dots – From Then to Then … to Now

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Henry Neufeld

When it came time for third year Greek at Walla Walla College (now University), I had Dr. Sakae Kubo, who had just become dean of the School of Theology. Taking a Greek class with Dr. Kubo was an experience. I … Continue reading →

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Study the Bible – Nutshell Version

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Henry Neufeld

From C. Michael Patton. This approach is a bit different from my own, but will provide a valuable basis to examine the way you approach the Bible. I am somewhat skeptical of the “timeless theology” phase, even though it’s necessary.

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Participatory Study Series Package for Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Henry Neufeld

We now pause for a brief commercial announcement. My company, Energion Publications, is offering a special Christmas package—all the Participatory Study Series volumes released so far for just $29.99. There are a number of other packages as well, so check … Continue reading →

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Biblical Studies Carnival and Biblioblog Rankings

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Henry Neufeld

The biblioblog rankings have been posted, with this blog at #18. Of course, the rankings are available live all the time these days, so I guess the end of month rankings are less important than they used to be, but … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Learning God’s Story of Grace

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Henry Neufeld

A great deal of the Bible comes to us in the form of stories, and even the parts filled with propositions have their background in the story of God’s action in history. I believe this is central to the way … Continue reading →

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Careful Where You Point Your Bible

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Henry Neufeld

At the beginning of the month I wrote a post about pointing texts at yourself first. I think it’s important to do so both in order to avoid misinterpretation or unbalanced emphasis, but also because in communicating the message you … Continue reading →

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