Biblical Interpretation
Reading Scripture in its literary, historical, and linguistic contexts.
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People used to wait for a word from the Lord. Now they refresh the screen. For all the talk of “revival” and “fresh fire,” Evangelical and Charismatic circles have always had a soft spot for shortcuts to revelation. It’s not a new temptation—it’s just better packaged now. Every generation invents its own spiritual vending machine.…
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Why the questions around versions, manuscripts, and preservation matter — and what they don’t mean. Introduction It’s common today to hear questions like: “If the Bible has so many manuscripts and translations, can we really trust it?” or “Is the Bible still infallible, or did errors creep in?” These are good questions. The goal here is not to undermine…
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Introduction: The Brackets We Can’t Pretend Not to See Open a critical Greek New Testament to John 7 and you’ll meet two honest brackets around 7:53–8:11. They’re not a wink; they’re a warning light. The earliest Greek evidence for John moves from 7:52 straight to 8:12. That’s not a conspiracy; that’s the manuscript record. Yet…
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Textual criticism isn’t about criticizing the Bible in a hostile way. It’s about reconstructing the earliest text of Scripture as accurately as humanly possible. That’s it. It deals with this unavoidable fact: • We don’t have the original manuscripts (the autographs) written by Paul, John, Moses, etc. • What we do have are thousands of handwritten…
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Why the Bible Feels Silent for So Many—And How to Hear It Again Most people don’t walk away from Scripture because they hate it. They walk away because it never seems to answer the questions they’re asking. But what if the problem isn’t the Bible? What if it’s the questions we inherited? Scripture Shows Us…
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Precepts and presuppositions—few things weigh heavier on the conscience of anyone who tries to read honestly. We all have them; it’s nearly impossible to be human and not. Every experience, sermon, or inherited belief becomes a lens we don’t realize we’re wearing. Yet when reading most literature, we at least try to set those lenses…
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The deeper you study theology, the harder it gets to keep simple faith. Not because truth destroys belief, but because it refuses to play by its rules. Every serious student of Scripture eventually reaches that moment—the slow, quiet crisis where the text stops cooperating with Sunday’s assumptions. Manuscripts disagree. Traditions diverge. Doctrines shift depending on…
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The hardest conversations I have are with people dead-set on proving they “know the Bible.” They’ll grab a favorite verse and throw out a smug, “See? It says it right there” attempting of course to read verbatim but from an isolated perspective. When you do not actually understand what you are reading, you’ve slammed the…
Restoring Apostolic Faith 