Ch 4 continued

Hello Men. We will be continuing our Zoom call tonight and continuing chapter 4 at 7pm. Have it read and be looking for a email with the zoom details.

Ch4: Practical Rules for Interpretation

People want to hear from God. Many even believe the scriptures are from God, and seek to read it to find out what he is saying to them. This in a way is good, but in these days there are all sorts of weird methods of interpretation. I heard a story once that went like this: 

Two old friends met one day after many years. One attended college, and now was very successful. The other had not attended college and never had much ambition.

The successful one said, “How has everything been going with you?”

“Well, one day I opened the Bible at random, and dropped my finger on a word and it was oil. So, I invested in oil, and boy, did the oil wells gush. Then another day I dropped my finger on another word and it was gold. So, I invested in gold and those mines really produced. Now, I’m as rich as Rockefeller.”

The successful friend was so impressed that he rushed to his hotel, grabbed a Gideon Bible, flipped it open, and dropped his finger on a page.

He opened his eyes and his finger rested on the words, “Chapter Eleven.”

I thought that was comical, but it is not far from what people actually do.Some want to find God's will for their lives so they will open the bible to a random page, put down their figure at a verse and take it as a word from the Lord for their given predicament. While God does speak to us through his written word, proper interpretation is not done by randomly placing your finger down at a verse. We dont do that with any other book, so why do it with the bible? The bible should have the same meaning for you as it does for me, but it can have different applications for you and for me. In our chapter today we will discuss practical rules for biblical interpretation. We need to understand the different literary genres and features we see in the scripture so we can better interpret the meaning from the text. 
For this week have chapter 4 read of "Knowing Scripture" for our zoom call on Wed the 6th. We will likely only do half of the chapter this week. I will send the Zoom details soon. 

Hermeneutics part 2

Since we didnt finish our chapter last week, this week we will finish up chapter 3 on Hermeneutics. Have chapter 3 of "Knowing Scripture," read for our discussion. We will be meeting again wednesday 4/29, on Zoom at 7pm PST. Be looking for an email from me with the call details.

Ch 3: Hermeneutics

How can we properly interpret the bible and understand its meaning? Is it what ever we feel it means or is there a inherent and object meaning when we come to a given text?  The bible is true and is inspired by God as the ultimate author, so the bible can not mean what ever we want it to mean, but it has objective meaning and we as bible readers ought to understand it. In this chapter we will understand how we can better read our bibles. We will consider Hermeneutics, which is the science of biblical interpretation. It deals with principals so we can understand the message of scripture. There has been different approaches to this over time, we will consider these and understand the correct way we should approach scripture. Have chapter 3 of "Knowing Scripture," read for our discussion. We will be meeting again wednesday 4/22, on Zoom at 7pm PST. Be looking for an email from me with the call details.

T4B now T4D meeting 4/15: Ch 2 Private Interpenetration

Have you ever heard someone say "That's Your Interpretation?" As if there are many different interpretations that can all be right? How does this stand as we consider the doctrine of the clarity of scripture? Is there one correct meaning or can there be multiple meanings? What are some principals that can help us understand the bible better and make sure we land in the correct interpretation? In chapter 2, of Knowing Scripture, we will be considering these. Please read this chapter ahead of time. Again we will not be meeting in person at the restaurant, but will be meeting on Zoom again. Be on a look out for the Zoom link from me. We will start at 7pm as we do Theology 4 Dinner. If you dont get a link, and would like to be on, email me

T4B Resuming Wednesday

Theology 4 Breakfast will be resuming this Wednesday, however due to the Covid-19 outbreak we will be meeting virtually via Zoom. After a poll for time, we will be meeting at 7pm, so technically it will be Theology 4 Dinner, until we can physically meet again. We will be starting a new book called, "The Holiness of God," by RC Sproul. Have the preface and chapter 1 read before hand for the call and ready to discuss it. In order to participate you must receive a email invite  with the room and password so we can avoid hackers trying to crash the party. Go to zoom.us and sign up for free and download the zoom client. Test it out before hand and seek to be on the call at least 5 min before hand. Below is a vid pastor Jeff made on how to sign up. 

Ch 10-11: Concluding Sproul's Holiness of God

This week at Theology for Breakfast we will be finishing the last two chapters in the extended version of the Holiness of God. I emailed out these chapters to those who may not have the extended version. Please come tomorrow as we discuss them. Also make sure to get our next book to study, "Knowing Scripture" by Sproul.