by Wade Berry | Jul 27, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
Reading the Bible through the Lens of Desire In the next couple of weeks, we will return to the series “Theology in a New Key.” Today, I want to ask you a question. Have you ever wanted something so badly that you began to see it everywhere you looked? Your desire for...
by Wade Berry | Dec 27, 2016 | Scripture, Theology
Sermon Surprise I’ll never forget it. It was a Sunday morning during the autumn of 2014. My wife and I were worshipping with a church associated with the Acts 29 Network. As an aside in his sermon, the pastor noted that he does not understand evangelicals in the...
by Walter Norvell | Sep 20, 2016 | Education, Ministry, Scripture, Theology
Bringing It All Together in Bible Interpretation This article concludes our posts about skills for Bible interpretation. If you missed or want to review the previous posts, here are the links: Interpreting the Bible The On-Your-Mark, Get-Set, Go Principle The...
by Walter Norvell | Aug 23, 2016 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology
If you have been following this series on biblical interpretation skills then you may have this question: I understand that symbols may be used in texts but what happens when it appears that the whole passage is symbolic? You just discovered the Symbol-Story...
by Walter Norvell | Jul 26, 2016 | Education, Scripture
Once, in the early days of computer word processing, typing a document required the operator to insert codes of what appeared to most of us as gibberish. But, done well, the finished document printed out as desired. But, you did not know if the codes were right until...