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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... whole science of hermeneutics existed ( the very word was formidable ) , that there were right ways and wrong ways to go about discovering what the Bible ac- tually said in any given passage . I had some knowledge of the importance of ...
... whole city . Prophetic references to Zion refer not to the Church but to the literal city of Jerusalem . It is true that the writer of Hebrews uses " Zion " in a figurative way , but does so , not to identify the Church with Israel but ...
... whole ( not just the place of departed human beings ) it would probably be best to translate it as " the unseen world . " This occurs in two places : 1. Matthew 16:18 , where the passage could be rendered " the gates [ counsels ] of the ...
... whole story in Luke 16 . The rich man was dead but he was still alive . Death had severed him from his body but not from his consciousness . He was lost , torment- ed , beyond hope or help , aware that he was where he deserved to be and ...
... whole idea , in the sense of direction , is upward . The same word is used in Revelation 12 : 5 where we have a summary of the career of Christ , the " man child . " We read that the woman ( Israel ) " brought forth a man child , who ...
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 |