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Theology Matters: How to Read the Bible
The Bible is a complex book! For one thing, it's more of a library than a single book. It contains 66 books, of various styles, written by many different authors over thousands of years. No wonder we often struggle to know how to understand it! These seminars explore how we can begin to think about reading the Bible.
Theology Matters: How to Read the Bible: Session 4: From Principle to Application
| Fri Nov 3 '17
We’ve considered how to understand the meaning of a text to its original hearers, and how to determine the principles that help connect it to our world, but until we work out how to apply the text in our world, the journey is incomplete. This final session looks at how to move from principle to application.
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Theology Matters: How to Read the Bible: Session 3: Reading the Old Testament
| Fri Nov 3 '17
For many people, the Old Testament is particularly confusing, since the gap between the original events and our context is so vast. In this session we look at an extra step in the interpretive journey, and explore some principles for to interpret Old Testament Narratives. (Please note, due to a technical failure, part of this recording is missing, but hopefully the handouts will fill in some of the gaps).
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Theology Matters: How to Read the Bible: Session 2: Crossing the Bridge
| Fri Nov 3 '17
It’s one thing to know what Scripture meant to the original hearers, but how can we work out what it might mean to us? In this session we will consider how we can bridge the gaps of time, geography, language and culture, to discover the relevance of God’s word in our world.
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Theology Matters: How to Read the Bible: Session 1: Beginning the Interpretive Journey
| Fri Nov 3 '17
Why is the Bible such a difficult book to read? And how should we approach some of the challenges that it poses? This first session looks at the journey we go on when interpreting Scripture, and the tools that can help us navigate from the original context to applying it in our world.