These are our study notes- neatly divvied into bites!
334{icon} {views}Since I’m kinda nerdy, I’ve started listening to Dr. Stein’s lecture series on hermeneutics again while I throw a few pots each day. This morning, in the lectures I heard, he covered the distinctions… Read More »Bite 35: Determining Significance for Ephesians 2:1-10
79{icon} {views}When I woke up this morning, I felt out of sync in my soul. Actually, it’s been a while now, but it seems to be getting more acute. If you’ve been with me for… Read More »Bite 34: (Created) in Order to Walk
96{icon} {views}Since we’ve been in this passage for some time now, it’s possible that you’re like me and have need for some review of where we’ve been. Or maybe you have a mind like a… Read More »Bite 33: Created (in Order to Walk)
225{icon} {views}In our meeting over coffee and the scriptures here, my goal continues to be that lovers of Jesus would continue to learn and grow and become self-feeders of the word. Not give up going… Read More »Basics 11: Determining Pertinent Cross References
103{icon} {views}Among the concepts in scripture regarding a believer’s salvation, this may be the most beautiful arrangement of words ever sculpted in the English language. Which is pretty cool because their origin is not of… Read More »Bite 32: By Grace You Have Been Saved
77{icon} {views}When I meet with you, I’m both studying and I’m communicating with you. At the same time. In my head, it seems like the most effective way to show you what I’m doing. This… Read More »Bite 31: The What of God’s Actions
107{icon} {views}Because I think this is one of the most important concepts to have established in our brains as we approach this deep topic, I would like to quote one of my teachers. Languages are… Read More »Basics 10: Original Languages–Just the Barest Tip of the Iceberg
116{icon} {views}As we’ve met together for a few months now, you may have gathered that I’ve not always had a great relationship with my daughter. In the last couple of months, that has changed dramatically.… Read More »Bite 30: The Why of God’s Actions
366{icon} {views}As promised, I said that when this figure of speech popped up I would discuss it. If you remember from Basics 8, synecdoche and metonymy are closely related. I think I’ve got them straight… Read More »Basics 9: Literary Device–Metonymy
136{icon} {views}In the last Bite, we had discussed that we only want to take a glance at what has been true in the past about the recipients of the letter of Ephesians. We cast our… Read More »Bite 29: With a Glance in the Rearview Mirror Part 2
