Class 2 - Defining Terms
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Ground Rules
Ground Rules
1. Be Humble – We will not agree on everything
2. Be Teachable – We all need to grow and no one is right on everything
-Last week, I referenced John 1:1 “1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” and I said that we do not translate it “a god” because the article is there but we don’t translate it. There is no indefinite articles in Koine Greek, just definite articles.
-Sometimes when there is no indefinite article, you translate it other times you don’t!
3. Be Reasonable – Not everything is worth dying over
4. Be Worshipful – Every truth is meant to cultivate deep affections for God
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Read the author’s preface (you can skip the first two paragraphs)
Read “Induction v Deduction”
Be ready to share a summary or something you learned
-Cultural issue of prioritizing deduction (Sherlock Holmes)
-Authorial Intent -
-Humility and discovery -
Read the devotion on 1 Kings 20 and be ready to share what is wrong with the devotion and why Bible study rules are important.
The Bible describes our life as a battle against the world, the flesh, and the devil. While we’re always in combat with those major forces, many Christians are defeated by another foe—busyness. It’s not that we don’t intend to read our Bible today, pray, witness this week, or be in church when the doors are open, but we often fail because we get busy.
In 1 Kings 20:39, a soldier is given orders by the king: “…Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.” A command is given to watch over this prisoner of war. (NOT TRUE AT ALL.) The order is understood along with the penalty, which was quite severe. Vs. 40a revealed these tragic words, “And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone…” We’re not told what sort of busyness distracted this soldier from his duty, but it couldn’t have been more important than his life!
When the king returned, perhaps this soldier was ready to make an excuse or come up with an alibi that would lessen the consequences, but the response was this at the end of verse forty, “…So shall thy judgement be; thyself hast decided it.” We will decide our own judgment! We can shift blame, excuse our disobedience, or rationalize our busyness, but in the end, we will decide the consequences. What is it that you know you ought to do today or this week? Don’t let busyness keep you from that God-given responsibility.
Familiarize yourself with all the passages your summer class will include.
Road Map
Road Map
Inductive Road Map
Inductive Road Map
Hermeneutics > BIBLE > Exegesis > Theology (Biblical and Systematic) > Doxology
Hermeneutics are the Rules (how we arrive at meaning)
Hermeneutics are the Rules (how we arrive at meaning)
If you’re a detective and you walk into a crime scene, you assume certain things and follow certain rules
You walk in believing you will observe evidence that can help you determine what happened.
You stand outside, already assuming you know what happened and who did it.
You use hermeneutic rules every time you read the news paper (comics and obituary)
Exegesis is the Process (what we do to examine the details)
Exegesis is the Process (what we do to examine the details)
DETECTIVE - This would be the actual steps you use to observe and catalog your evidence
Put gloves on, take pictures, write notes on what you see, bag all possible evidence, etc.
You would not walk in, place evidence and then come to a conclusion
Inductive is the Method (how we make sense of the details and draw a conclusion)
Inductive is the Method (how we make sense of the details and draw a conclusion)
DETECTIVE - This is reasoning we use
It starts with all the evidence (details) and moves to a conclusion
Opposite would be starting with a theory and proving it with the evidence
Inductive would be like a CSI team - do the work and build an air-tight case
Deductive would be like Sherlock Holmes -
Define our Key Words
Define our Key Words
Hermeneutics
Hermeneutics
Hermeneutics concerns principles (rules) of interpretation, (i.e., it’s about how the interpretive process works).
The Lexham Glossary of Theology Hermeneutics
The study of
Faith Seminary - Aucoin
Universal principles of communication established by God in order for us to understand Him and have genuine relationship with him.
Some Rules of Proper Hermeneutics
Some Rules of Proper Hermeneutics
What we see in the Bible should be understood normally (literally) in context.
Historical, Grammatical, Theological, Cultural contexts
We should interpret based on the sole priority of authorial intent.
What does this say/what did they say > What did this mean for them/then > What does this mean for me?
Examples of poor hermeneutics:
I am the Authority, “What do I say?”
Reader Response, “What does this mean to me?”
Spiritualize, “What hidden spiritual truth is this communicating?”
Example of David’s 5 stones: The five smooth stones David had in his pouch represent what David carried in his heart: (1) Faith; (2) Trust; (3) Courage; (4) Obedience; and (5) Praise. Whenever we face any kind of giant in our lives, we can carry these five stones with us wherever we go and face each giant one stone at a time and receive victory!
Each one represents a principle we need in order to face our own giants. (1) Faith; (2) Identity, “God does not anoint copies, he anoints originals.”; (3) Obedience; (4) Perseverance; (5) Grace.
Using different rules produce different results
The Hermeneutical Spiral - Osborne
“The big problem with Bible study today is that we think it should be easier than other things we do.”
The Hermeneutical Spiral - Osborne
“Why do we think that the Bible is the only subject we should not have to study? - Make the Bible your hobby.”
Exegesis (Exegetical Process)
Exegesis (Exegetical Process)
Literally means, “to guide out”
Hermeneutics concerns principles of interpretation (i.e., it’s about how the interpretive process works), and exegesis applies those principles. Hermeneutics supplies the tools to discover a text’s meaning, and exegesis uses those tools.
Pg 340, “Therefore, as a basis for doing theology, we agree with Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard in the premise that “valid theologizing must follow the sound exegesis of the appropriate biblical texts.”
The opposite of exegesis is eisegesis which literally means “to guide in”
Proof-Texting is not Exegesis
Proof-Texting is when you use isolated scripture passages or quotes out of context to support a specific viewpoint or argument, often without considering the broader context or intended meaning of the text.
What we say should always be biblical:
We don’t use the Bible to prove what we’re saying (even if what we’re saying is a biblical truth).
We say things to demonstrate what the Bible is saying (even if we don’t like it).
Inductive (Method)
Inductive (Method)
How does Köstenberger explain Inductive and Deductive?
Without getting bogged down in the theoretical, it’s important at this point to consider the merits of inductive, or evidence-based, study vis-à-vis (in relation to) deductive, or assumption-based, study.
Bible study and Theology includes both, but at different times for different reasons.
Inductive begins with details (particulars) and moves to assertion (universals)
Deductive begins with an assertion (universals) and moves to details (particulars)
Specifically, Inductive Bible Study aims to move from the text in its context to an understanding and application. The steps of this method include Observation, Interpretation, and Application.
And as we trace our own personal histories of preaching, teaching, and writing, we’re quite certain that there are cases where we, too, have not allowed the Bible to speak for itself, where we have imposed our own understanding upon the text before discovering its meaning through the process of inductive p 38 study. Nevertheless, we’re convinced that induction, as a driving force in Bible study, is superior to deduction and can produce more accurate and reliable results.
Homework
Homework
Read from Inductive Bible Study
“What Does the Inductive Method Look Like?” (p.38-42)
“Five Reasons for Inductive Bible Study” (p.42-44)
Be ready to share which reason is most encouraging to you, and why.
Have some fun and research different views on what David’s 5 stones represent.
Familiarize yourself with all the passages your summer class will include. What passages will you be focusing on?
Use the Faithlife Study Bible to read the “introduction” for the book/books you are studying. Pay close attention to the author, audience, context, and structure of the book. Be ready to share something simple you learned.
