Round the Sphere Again: Understanding Scripture
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 9:23PM 
What Was the Author’s Intent?
Kim Shay has one more post in her series on studying the Bible:
We cannot interpret something out of a passage that was never there. Sometimes, we have a tendency to read the Bible as if it was written in our own times, and we assume things about it that are not there. That is a mistake.
Read all of Training in Righteousness - 4.
Why Numbers?
From an introduction to the book of Numbers at Ligonier Ministries Blog:
Numbers was evidently written as a warning to the generation of Israelites born in the wilderness, that they should persevere in faith and obedience where their parents had not. For future generations of God’s people, the book would speak a similar message.
Just a One Way Street?
Yes, our exegesis should inform our theology, but Kevin DeYoung argues that our theology should inform our exegesis, too.
Theology … can help provide guardrails for the interpretive process, honor the unity of Scripture, and throw a spotlight on the most important and most difficult issues arising from the Word of God.
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