by Walter Norvell | Jun 14, 2016 | Faith & Heritage, Leadership, Ministry, Scripture
Principle #2: The Where-and-When Principle of Bible Interpretation Imagine walking along your favorite beach. You find a bottle half-buried in the sand. Sure enough, there is something inside. You work out the rolled up paper and discover a letter. You can read it but...
by Wade Berry | Apr 29, 2016 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology
Lighting a Flame The first serious Christian book I ever read was John Stott’s The Contemporary Christian. In it, Stott argued that Christians had a responsibility to bridge the gap between the Word of God and the contemporary world. It probably sounds...
by Wade Berry | Feb 26, 2016 | Ministry, Scripture
Reading the Bible to Discern Its Meaning (Bible Study) On the Carroll Blog, we are currently in the middle of a five-week conversation about reading the Bible. Last week, we talked about reading the Bible for content acquisition. This week, we are focusing our...