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From your reading in Everyday Bible study, describe 3 concepts that improved, adjusted, or
clarified your knowledge of the Bible.
1.
I tend to focus only on the little things and not the big picture. The idea of “Don’t Miss
the Forest for the Trees” (Cartwright & Hulshof, Pg. 226) makes me think of what is
really happening in the passage that I am reading and studying.
2.
Only seeing the good in things was something that I struggled with as well. I always
thought that the Bible was only good people and all the “bad” guys were struck down by
God’s power and vengeance.
I am now trying to not assume the good. I didn’t know that
the Apostle Peter was not a very nice person.
3.
“Don’t Make Your Teaching Overly Technical”. (Cartwright & Hulshof, Pg. 232)
This is
kind of like not seeing the big picture. I would try and make it so technical that I would
lose all the value of what was acutely being taught.
From your reading in Everyday Bible Study, explain 2 ideas that you believe are crucial to
remember when studying the various genres of the Bible and why these two ideas are crucial.
1.
“Do not neglect the context of what is being said.”
(Cartwright & Hulshof, Pg. 233) It
seems like my topics all involve expanding my vision when looking at the Bible. Do not
hyper focus on one thing. For instance, many people see only vengeance when they read
the Matthew 5:38.
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth:” (Matthew 5:28) but Jesus is talking about the law that was described in
Exodus 21:24. Jesus continues to talk and changes the vengeance to forgiveness. The rest
of the passage goes to say: “39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever
shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” (Matthew 5:39).
2.
Don’t Overanalyze the Symbolism (Cartwright & Hulshof, Pg. 237). Take the symbolism
for what it is. As a society we tend to overanalyze everything. You can see it clearly in
our politics and social media. The dove in my opinion is extremely overanalyzed in the
church. It is seen as a symbol of peace, God’s faithfulness, and the Holy Spirit.
The dove
is used often in the Bible one example is when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist a
dove flew up.
In reality a dove is really just a bird.
Sometimes we put too much
emphasis on the symbol itself instead of on what it signifies. For instance we can see
doves depicted in church art, ornaments and phrasing. The symbol itself almost has
become an idol worshiped in place of the Holy Spirit.
From your reading in Everyday Bible Study, show 1 way that understanding the various genres
of the Bible could aid in Bible study.
1.
Understanding the various genres of the Bible aides in Bible study because it gives you
better cohesiveness between the Old Testament and New Testament. For instance the
genre of Genealogy follows Jesus’s ancestors all the way to the Tribe of Judah. The
disciples and Jesus also taught religious texts that can be found from books of the
Pentateuch. The New Testament is the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Old Testament.
Both books should be read side by side instead of one or the other. One cannot exist
without the other. This understanding will aide greatly in Bible studies.
Bibliography
John Cartwright and Chris Hulshof,
Everyday Bible Study: Growing in the Christian Faith
, ed.
Gabriel Etzel and Ben Gutierrez, 2nd edition., Everyday Bible Series (Nashville, TN: B&H
Academic, 2019)
The Holy Bible: King James Version
, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version.
(Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
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