Archive for the ‘5 Steps’ Category

  • 2 Kings 10: a really nasty text as a test for the 5 step process

    Aug 14, 14 • 2 Kings, 5 Steps9 Comments
    2 Kings 10: a really nasty text as a test for the 5 step process

    I once made a silly offer: “Give me a random Old Testament passage, and I’ll show you how the 5 step process works!” So they offered me 2 Kings 10, the lovely story of the seventy heads offered to Jehu in baskets. (Read it yourself if you don’t believe me.) My goal was to show [&hellip...

  • Rendering unto Caesar: separation of church and state

    Apr 5, 14 • 5 Steps, Jesus, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Reading the Bible FaithfullyComments Off on Rendering unto Caesar: separation of church and state
    Rendering unto Caesar:  separation of church and state

    Another video exploring how our preunderstandings (the things that we think we “know” in advance that a Bible passage is about) can make us miss the point...

  • What DID the text mean?

    Jul 25, 13 • 5 Steps, Context3 Comments
    What DID the text mean?

    In our student exegesis assignments we ask them to state the intended meaning for the ancient hearers, ideally in one sentence, maybe two, never more than 50 words. They commonly have two problems. The first is being brief 😉 I have a Sansblogue post on writing tightly that helps address this issue. Their second problem [&hellip...

  • Reading the Bible Faithfully

    May 29, 13 • 5 Steps, Bible abuse, Bible in 5 mins, ReadingComments Off on Reading the Bible Faithfully
    Reading the Bible Faithfully

    Before we look at how we can better read Scripture faithfully we need to ask what -reading the Bible faithfully means. There are implications both for how and why we read. Later podcasts will tackle the how in more detail. This one focuses more on the big picture. Future podcasts will cover each of the [&hellip...

  • What’s the difference? Luke 9:1ff.

    Jun 21, 12 • 5 Steps, LukeComments Off on What’s the difference? Luke 9:1ff.
    What’s the difference? Luke 9:1ff.

    I’d like to sharpen this one. I am trying to explain and illustrate the second step of the five step process. Making reference mainly to Luke 9:1ff.. Any suggestions you have would be welcome 🙂...

  • 5 Steps | 1 Cor 1:10-17 | Step 1

    May 24, 12 • 1&2 Corinthians, 5 StepsComments Off on 5 Steps | 1 Cor 1:10-17 | Step 1
    5 Steps | 1 Cor 1:10-17 | Step 1

    Marking is a great stimulus for ideas for these podcasts. I thought I do a short series telling how the five step process works using one of our “test” passages. This first one is just step one, I’ll do the others later&#...

  • E100: Week 18: Reading the Pastoral Epistles

    Aug 15, 10 • 1&2 Tim; Titus, 5 Steps, E100Comments Off on E100: Week 18: Reading the Pastoral Epistles
    E100: Week 18: Reading the Pastoral Epistles

    The “Pastoral epistles” 1 & 2 Tim and Titus offer advice to two young companions of Paul’s travels called to church leadership – Timothy, in the big city of Ephesus and Titus on the island of Crete. There is even more debate about whether these letters were written by Paul than was the case for [&hellip...

  • The Five Step Bible Programme: Part 3: Ezekiel 28 the final steps

    May 10, 10 • 5 Steps, Ezekiel, NT, OT, ReadingComments Off on The Five Step Bible Programme: Part 3: Ezekiel 28 the final steps
    The Five Step Bible Programme: Part 3: Ezekiel 28 the final steps

    Part three completes the process as we apply the final steps to our difficult passage from Ezekiel 28 and make real (useful and theologically sound) sense of this obscure and difficult passage!...

  • The Five Step Bible Programme: Part 2: Ezekiel 28

    May 10, 10 • 5 Steps, Ezekiel, NT, OT, Reading1 Comment
    The Five Step Bible Programme: Part 2: Ezekiel 28

    In this, and the next, 5 Minute Bible podcasts we’ll begin to discover how the Five Step Bible programme helps us make good sense of, and discover God’s message for us in, a rather difficult and obscure passage from Ezekiel. Because it is a difficult passage, to do this in just two 5 minute podcasts [&hellip...

  • The Five Step Bible Programme: Part 1: Introduction

    May 10, 10 • 5 Steps, NT, OT, Reading3 Comments
    The Five Step Bible Programme: Part 1: Introduction

    In this and two following podcasts in this series (with later I expect a screencast that will cover much the same material but not in a 5 minute format) will begin to present what I’m calling “The Five Step Bible Programme” which is developed out of teaching a similar scheme from: Duvall, J Scott, and [&hellip...