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  •  The Epistles: 1) Recognize the customary letter form: 1) name of writer, 2) name of recipient, 3) greeting, 4) prayer or thanksgiving, 5) body 6) final greeting and farewell. 2) The epistles are occasional in nature, so it is essential to try to understand the historical situation that was being addressed.  A…

  • Begin by asking God for wisdom. Ask for God’s understanding of the book. Ask God to reveal any cultural or theological biases I may have. Read the book and identify portions that may be threatening to my current theology or lifestyle.  Ask God for grace to receive anything these passages may be…

  • This is Dave Bovenmyer’s summary of Chapter two of Hermeneutics, Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation, by Henry A. Virkler

  • Three attempts to Classify Christian Counselors and Counseling Approaches

  • The purposes of this paper are: 1. My goal is that pastors in our movement will emphasize in their teachings both biblical truths–that God is sovereign and that man has responsibility to respond to Him. 2. My second goal is to help build unity. There are a number of different views in…

  • In this paper I establish the scriptural teaching of salvation by grace apart from works and then discuss several issues concerning “lordship salvation”) 1) does a person have to acknowledge Jesus as his personal Lord, or can he first accept Jesus as Savior and later as Lord? 2) Is it necessary to…

  • This is a list of what I liked and didn’t like about William P. Young’s book The Shack

  • Many Christians believe that the word “that” in Ephesians 2:8 refers to the word “faith” as its antecedent. The following comments from various commentaries on the passage show that the Greek language does not allow this. Rather, the word “that” modifies the previously presented concept of “salvation.”

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