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May 3, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room

“Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare Him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing!” (Isaac Watts) The hymn writer’s words, of course, echo Luke’s ominous remarks that at the birth of Jesus, there… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Jesus, Jesus, Christmas & Easter, Missions & Discipeship Tagged With: Bible Study, Christmas, Discipleship, Jesus

March 3, 2016 By Andreas Köstenberger

Urgent Priority: Studying God’s Word

In 2 Timothy 2:15, the apostle Paul writes to young Timothy, “Study to show yourself approved, handling accurately the word of truth.” Other translations vary, rendering the Greek term underlying “Study” as “Be diligent” or the like. However, in the original Greek, the force of the expression conveys great urgency. Used literally, the word means… Read More

Filed Under: Biblical Interpretation, Blog Tagged With: Bible Study, Biblical Interpretation, Hermeneutical Triad, Hermeneutics, Interpretation, Scripture

June 3, 2015 By Andreas Köstenberger

Excellent Tool for Serious Bible Students

In most areas of scholarship, and biblical research is no exception, engaging the primary sources is exceedingly important. There is no substitute for interacting directly with the text of the Bible and contemporaneous literature in the original languages. I have found that Logos Bible Software, and Logos 6.0 in particular, is an excellent tool for… Read More

Filed Under: Biblical Interpretation, Blog, New Testament Tagged With: Bible Software, Bible Study, Greek, Hebrew, Logos

October 27, 2006 By Andreas Köstenberger

How Should You Apply Scripture?

So you have followed the first two steps in interpretation, “Observation” and “Interpretation.” You have sought to determine what the text “meant” in its original context, to its original readers, as intended by the original author, exploring what some call the “first horizon” of biblical interpretation. You have studied difficult words, outlined your passage as… Read More

Filed Under: Biblical Interpretation, Blog Tagged With: Application, Bible Study, Hermeneutics, Inductive Method

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