Understanding How to Interpret the Bible
Getting Deeper into Scripture and Grasping Hold of the Mind of God
Description
You may be brand new to reading the Bible on a regular basis, or you may have been doing it for years but feel like your experience is stagnant. This course is designed for people who take the Bible seriously, and desire to not just know it better, but to discover God in the process.
Aimed at guiding you deeper into the Scriptures, this course will walk you through the skills of:
being genre aware
why you should take the whole Bible into consideration before deciding on meaning
what to do with commentaries and dictionaries
a look into original language study and
the rarely explored topic of 1st Century Jewish interpretation techniques.
The Bible is an ancient book full of much treasure. Its pages contain deep wisdom and knowledge and a pathway to relationship with the Mind of the Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grab a Bible and a pen and get ready to be flipping pages from one end of the Bible to the other. You will be blessed, challenged and have your mind stretched and tested to new levels of understanding.
May God bless you and use you for His glory as you grow in wisdom and in knowledge and in understanding of the greatest book every written.
What You Will Learn!
- What Christians have historically believed about the Bible
- The Command from Scripture to Interpret the Bible Responsibly
- How to Ask the Right Interpretive Questions
- What Presuppositions are and how they affect Your Interpreting of the Bible
Who Should Attend!
- This course is designed for people who are just beginning to read their Bibles on a regular basis and need guidance to get the most out of it.
- It is also for those who have read the Bible for years but have never had a formal education on the best way to interpret the text to come to the right conclusions about God and the Scriptures overall message.