When I started this series, a reader asked me the following question: How do we decipher which of God’s promises are applicable to / directed at ALL people for all time vs. just specific people in a certain time and place? That’s a great question. Have you ever read a Bible passage and wondered if it applies to you? I have. Here …
This series was originally intended to last 31 days, but since we took a brief hiatus halfway through, we’re going to run a few days over. Hope you don’t mind. There’s cupcakes in the back to make this go faster. Just kidding. But if you’re munching on a cupcake (or muffin, or scone) right now, send me a picture. I’d love …
I’ve got to admit: I’m not a great interior decorator. When God was handing out aesthetic gifts, he skipped me completely. As a result, Pinterest has become both the source of inspiration and desperation, as I realize that my living room will never look as picture-perfect as those images on my screen. But I realized it doesn’t have to. The goal of …
After a brief hiatus, yesterday we looked at how to figure out the subject of a Bible passage. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, click here to read that post. As a refresher, these are the 3 questions we need to ask to interpret a Bible passage: What is the Subject of the passage? What does the passage …
So, I wasn’t quite sure how to pick up this series after disappearing for ten days (thanks random cold and post-conference blues), but we’re just going to jump in and finish strong. Okay? For most of this series, we’ve talked about tools we can use to engage with a text in order to understand what it’s saying. We wrote down observations, …
