Category Archives: hermeneutics

“Gender neutral” Bible translations? Boy Oh Boy

Posted on March 11, 2025 by RC

It is a holdover of our modernist past that we tend to see the work of translation as a science more than an art. We think we punch a word in from language a, and out pops the exact same … Continue reading →

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Meek and Mild? Smoldering Wicks and Cracking Whips

Posted on February 11, 2025 by RC

Jesus, like love, is something everyone wants to lay claim to. There is no organized coalition banded together by a hatred of love. So too there are precious few people who are willing to lay a charge at Jesus’ feet. … Continue reading →

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The God of Space and Time in Space and Time

Posted on December 6, 2024 by RC

We are all by nature Pelagians. Like the heretical monk Pelagius, we like to think we are basically good. Help in fighting this temptation is one of the great blessings that comes from embracing Reformed theology. Now we understand not … Continue reading →

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Where Seldom is Heard; ERLC Waffle Fest; Truth and Time

Posted on July 24, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Grace Reformed; Pride Religion; First Fleece; Me & My Needs

Posted on June 26, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Gifts & Callings; Climate Change Liars, Sarah’s Grave & More

Posted on June 5, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Hard Book

Posted on May 3, 2024 by RC

There are at least two different kinds of hard sayings in the Bible. On the one hand, there are texts that are just plain terribly hard to understand— texts to which we respond, “What in the world could that mean?” … Continue reading →

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This week’s study on Romans 11. Don’t be left behind.

Posted on March 6, 2024 by RC

This week’s study

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A Sound Principle

Posted on December 15, 2023 by RC

Good exegesis will tell us that bad conclusions do not burst forth de novo from bad exegesis. It is valuable, important, even potent for us to have a good grasp of sound hermeneutical principles, to be on our guard against … Continue reading →

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What’s our biggest weakness in understanding the Bible?

Posted on November 6, 2023 by RC

Logic, or a lack thereof. There are plenty of other weaknesses we have. We not only don’t come to the Bible as first century Jews but we do come as twenty-first century Americans. We are largely ignorant of the geography, … Continue reading →

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