By Peter Krol
Video of the main sessions from the DiscipleMakers Fall Conference is now available! The topic was Fearless: Living Confidently in the Gospel.
Dave Kieffer spoke on “Fearless: Jesus is Risen” from Luke 24:36-53
Mark Fodale spoke on “Fearless: God is with You” from Philippians 2:5-13
Dave Royes spoke on “Fearless: Heaven is Real” from 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
May the Lord refresh you from his Knowable Word. Check it out!
By Brian Roberg
The Gospel Coalition posted Kathy Keller’s review of A Year of Biblical Womanhood, a new book by Rachel Held Evans. Since Evans presents the book as an exploration of biblical interpretation, Keller judges it on those terms. As a result, the review covers several key Bible study concepts. Check it out!
By Peter Krol
Sharon Hoover is writing a series of blog posts on how to study the Bible, giving very specific steps to help people practice by studying the Gospel of Mark. Here’s a post on Inductive Bible Study, which is very similar to what we’re doing here at Knowable Word.
Logos Bible software can help you count repeated words, which can help you find themes in a chapter or book of the Bible.
Getting the most out of your Bible reading: tips from the American Bible Society.
Check it out!
By Peter Krol
David Powlison at CCEF recently wrote a blog post prizing wise application of Scripture. It is easy to “proof-text,” which involves pulling passages out of their context to make them say things they weren’t intended to say.
Check it out!
By Tom Hallman
I’m doing a two-part study on the book of 3 John over at my other blog, Gospel Fundraising. In it I use a number of the principles of observation, interpretation and application that we’ve learned about here at KnowableWord. The first part posted today.
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By Peter Krol
On Saturday, the Huffington Post ran a Religion article about what Proverbs 31 says (and doesn’t say) about women. The journalist makes some excellent observations from the text.
The unfortunate thing is that he concludes that a woman’s value ought to be found in her character and accomplishments, when the Bible claims that one’s value derives from Christ and not self (Col 3:1-4).
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By Peter Krol
Bible Gateway, one of the best Bible search engines online, posted on their blog a basic introduction on how to study the Bible. It looks like they should have some good posts with more practical tips over the next few days.
Check it out!
By Peter Krol
Robin Schumacher at the Christian Post just posted a great article entitled “Talking Snakes, Donkeys, and Believing the Bible.”
In his article, he discusses how to read the Bible as literature. Then he goes on to discuss the implications on stories like talking snakes (Genesis 3) and talking donkeys (Numbers 22-24). Can the Bible be true when we know such animals don’t talk in real life?
Check it out!
By Tom Hallman
The Gospel Coalition recently posted a short article on the benefits of Pastors saying, “I don’t know.” We posted some similar thoughts here on Knowable Word a few months back. Since we can never be reminded enough to humble ourselves, this was worth highlighting again.
By Peter Krol
Here is a recent video of two pastors discussing some basics about Bible reading: when to do it, how to do it, why it’s worth it. I appreciate being reminded of some important ideas. Check it out!
