Bible Explorer's Guide: How to Understand and Interpret the BibleSerious 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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... Luke a doctor , Paul a scholar . The cultural background of Exodus is quite different from that of Hosea . Almost a century separated Jeremiah from Isaiah . During that century a whole new interna- tional situation arose . Four hundred ...
... Luke 9 : 3 ) . The Greek word for " scrip " is pēra . From a study of the papyri ( documents of all kinds from classical and Biblical Greek times : letters , contracts , accounts , receipts , school work , stories , bills of sale , etc ...
... ( Luke 10:27 ) , the kind of love that took Jesus to Calvary . Peter , with a much better knowledge of himself now than he had displayed when he had boasted that , although all the other disciples might betray the Lord , he never would ...
... ( Luke 16 : 19-31 ) tells us a great deal about hadēs . In the days when He lived on earth , hadēs was divided into ... ( Luke 16 : 24,28 ) . Much more can be learned about this place by carefully studying the whole story in Luke 16 . The ...
... ( Luke 22:15 ) . In describing his yearning to see his beloved Thessalonican con- verts , Paul uses the same word . He wrote , " But we , brethren , being taken from you for a short time in presence , not in heart , endeav- ored the more ...
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 |