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3 Common Mistakes in Bible Reading

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As a reader of this blog, you are most likely somewhat committed to personal Bible reading. That is a wonderful commitment, but are you aware of some of the most common mistakes we can make, so that you’re prepared to avoid them?

Wyatt Graham has a helpful post explaining some pitfalls he regularly sees:

  1. We read without hearing from God.
  2. We don’t read through a whole book of the Bible.
  3. We forget about the divine author.

He makes some terrific points along the way, such as:

Biblical books communicate ideas. Each of the four Gospels presents Christ from four different angles. Paul’s letters have a purpose. And so on. Like any book that we read today, if we do not understand its beginning, middle, and end, we miss the point. 

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When Your Works Betray Your Profession

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Wyatt Graham takes a close and skillful look at Paul’s letter to Titus, to illuminate Paul’s statement that people may “profess to know God, but they deny him by their works” (Titus 1:16). Can’t we simply trust a person’s profession of faith in Christ?

Wyatt’s piece is a great example of observing contrasts, asking interpretive questions, following the train of thought, and applying the Scriptures specifically to our situation. And it’s quite brief!

His conclusion:

We should test ourselves to see if we act on our profession of faith because the passions of flesh vie against the mind through which the Spirit sanctifies us (e.g., Rom 12:1–2). Expressing our feelings and angst and anger are not goods. They are in fact sin. Passion is bad. In an age of expressive individualism, my words here likely sound profoundly unfashionable.

They are also biblical. 

If you’d like to see Bible study done well, this is worth your time. Check it out!

What Paul Means By “Act Like Men”

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Wyatt Graham has a thoughful piece at his blog, asking the interpretive question: “What Does Paul Mean When He Says, ‘Act Like Men’?”

“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”

1 Cor 16:13

After examining the underlying Greek word according to a lexicon, and then its use in other ancient literature, Graham walks through the literary context of the last few chapter chapter of 1 Corinthians. Then he explores the biblical context that Paul taps into through allusion to the psalms.

This is vibrant, rich, contextual observation and interpretation, which I eagerly commend to you.

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