Andy Brown

“Again, we cannot impose on a biblical author information that we possess because of our accumulated current knowledge—whether historical, astronomical, or theological—or expect that an ancient writer possessed our knowledge. If we read into the biblical texts information the authors could not have possessed, we distort their meaning. For example,

“It is understandable for a sincere Christian to affirm, ‘the Bible was written for me,’ but that does not mean that it was written to her or him. In effect we are reading someone else’s mail! The authors and the original recipients lived long ago. If we seek to understand the Bible strictly through the lenses of our own experiences, we run the ris

“So what is the proper context for interpreting the Bible? Here’s the transparently obvious truth I was talking about: the proper context for interpreting the Bible is the context of the biblical writers—the context that produced the Bible. Every other context is alien or at least secondary.” - Michael Heiser - The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scr

“Bible study is about learning what this thing we say is inspired actually means. Knowing what all its parts mean will give us a deeper appreciation for the salvation history of God’s people, and the character of God. Jesus is the core component of all that, but there’s a lot more to those things than the story of his life, death, and resurrection;

“Nowhere are we taught in the Bible to ‘search the Scriptures to feel a certain way.’ Ultimately, Scripture is about God—what he did, what he is doing, and what he will do—not about you. You’ll never appreciate God’s story if your story—and solving your problems—is what you focus on when you study Scripture. Comprehending God’s story can go a long

James says, ‘Faith without deeds is dead’ (James 2:26). He does not mean that we can only become Christians if we perform a certain amount of religious activities. On the contrary, what he means is: ‘If you say you have faith in God, and that faith does not show itself in some way, then it is doubtful whether it is genuine faith at all.’