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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... references . Hermeneutics . 2. Bible — Handbooks , manuals , 1. Bible etc. I. Title . BS476.P49 2002 ISBN 0-8254-3483-1 220.6'01 — dc21 2001050846 CIP Printed in the United States of America 1 23/06 05 04 03 02 Foreword Part 1 ...
... references to Zion . We have no right to read the Church into those references . Zion was a well - known stronghold in Jerusalem and was a name often used for the whole city . Prophetic references to Zion refer not to the Church but to ...
... reference in 2 Peter 1:20 is not so much to the way we interpret a passage of Scripture as to the way the writers handled it . It refers to the pro- cess of inspiration rather than to the problems of interpretation . The context makes ...
... reference to the unseen world . It occurs 11 times in the New Testament and is rendered " hell " on all but one occasion . The exception is in 1 Corinthians 15:55 , where it is rendered " grave " with a marginal reading " hell . " Again ...
... reference to three forms of government : " Friends " refers to the paternal form of government which existed at the time of the founding of Rome . " Romans " refers to the patrician form of government that followed . Both Caesar and ...
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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