Bibliology & Hermeneutics: Handling the Word of God

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Academy lesson outline

1. What Is the Bible? Scripture as God's Self-Disclosure · 13 min
2. General Revelation vs. Special Revelation · 13 min
3. Propositional Revelation — Truth in Words and Sentences · 13 min
4. The Unity of the Bible — One Author, Many Voices · 13 min
5. The Authority of Scripture — Why Pastors Must Bow to the Text · 14 min
6. The Sufficiency of Scripture — Everything a Pastor Needs · 13 min
7. The Clarity of Scripture — Can Ordinary People Understand It? · 13 min
8. The Bible and the Holy Spirit — Illumination vs. Inspiration · 13 min
9. Common Attacks on Scripture's Nature — And How to Respond · 14 min
10. The Pastor as Defender and Declarer of Scripture's Nature · 16 min
11. What Does "God-Breathed" Mean? — 2 Timothy 3:16 Unpacked · 13 min
12. Verbal Plenary Inspiration — Every Word, Not Just Every Idea · 13 min
13. How the Human Authors Wrote God's Words · 13 min
14. The Holy Spirit's Role in Producing Scripture · 13 min
15. Dictation Theory vs. Organic Inspiration — The Difference Matters · 12 min
16. Partial Inspiration Theories — And Why They Fail · 13 min
17. Inspiration vs. Illumination — Keeping the Distinction Clear · 12 min
18. How Inspiration Relates to Inerrancy · 13 min
19. Inspiration and the Old Testament in the New Testament · 14 min
20. Defending Verbal Plenary Inspiration in Your Ministry · 16 min
21. What Is Inerrancy? Defining the Term Correctly · 13 min
22. The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy — What It Actually Says · 13 min
23. Infallibility vs. Inerrancy — Are They the Same? · 12 min
24. Apparent Contradictions in the Bible — How to Handle Them · 14 min
25. Science and Scripture — Reconciling Without Compromising · 14 min
26. Historical Accuracy in the Bible — Archaeological Evidence · 13 min
27. Numerical and Chronological Discrepancies — Practical Answers · 13 min
28. Inerrancy in the Autographs — What This Means for Today · 12 min
29. Limited Inerrancy Views — Why They Are Dangerous · 13 min
30. Teaching Inerrancy From the Pulpit · 16 min
31. What Is the Canon? How the Books Were Selected · 13 min
32. The Old Testament Canon — History and Formation · 13 min
33. The Apocrypha — Should It Be in Your Bible? · 13 min
34. The New Testament Canon — How the Early Church Decided · 13 min
35. Criteria for Canonicity — Apostolicity, Orthodoxy, Catholicity · 12 min
36. The Councils That Recognised (Not Created) the Canon · 12 min
37. Gnostic Gospels and Lost Books — What the Pastor Must Know · 13 min
38. The Closed Canon — Why No New Scripture Is Coming · 13 min
39. Canon and Tradition — The Protestant and Catholic Divide · 13 min
40. Teaching the Canon in Your Local Church · 16 min
41. Manuscript Tradition — How the Bible Survived Through History · 13 min
42. The Old Testament Text — Hebrew Manuscripts and the Masoretes · 13 min
43. The Septuagint (LXX) — Why It Matters for Preachers · 12 min
44. New Testament Manuscripts — The Wealth of Evidence · 13 min
45. Textual Criticism — What It Is and Why Pastors Need It · 12 min
46. The Dead Sea Scrolls and What They Proved · 12 min
47. Bible Translations — Formal Equivalence vs. Dynamic Equivalence · 13 min
48. Choosing a Bible Translation for Teaching and Preaching · 13 min
49. Dangers of Paraphrase Bibles — When "Readability" Goes Too Far · 13 min
50. Building Congregation Bible Literacy · 16 min
51. What Is Hermeneutics? The Science and Art of Interpretation · 13 min
52. The Literal-Grammatical Method — Letting the Text Speak · 14 min
53. The Analogy of Scripture — Scripture Interprets Scripture · 13 min
54. The Role of Context — Never Read a Verse in Isolation · 14 min
55. Author's Intent — What Did the Writer Mean? · 14 min
56. The Single Meaning Principle — One Text, One Primary Meaning · 13 min
57. Pre-Understanding and Bias — How Presuppositions Affect Reading · 14 min
58. Allegorical Interpretation — History, Dangers, and When It Applies · 15 min
59. Typological Interpretation — Shadows and Realities in Scripture · 15 min
60. Building Your Personal Hermeneutical Method · 16 min
61. Why Genre Matters in Bible Reading · 13 min
62. Old Testament Narrative — How to Read Bible Stories · 14 min
63. Old Testament Law — Which Laws Apply Today? · 15 min
64. Hebrew Poetry — Psalms, Proverbs, and How to Preach Them · 14 min
65. Wisdom Literature — Ecclesiastes, Job, and the Problem of Suffering · 15 min
66. The Prophetic Books — Reading the Prophets Correctly · 15 min
67. New Testament Epistles — Letters With Structure and Logic · 14 min
68. New Testament Narrative — Acts, Gospels, and Historical Theology · 14 min
69. Apocalyptic Literature — Revelation and Daniel Without Fear · 16 min
70. Preaching Across All Genres · 16 min
71. Why Context Is King — The First Rule of Interpretation · 13 min
72. Historical Background — How to Research a Bible Passage · 14 min
73. Cultural Context — Understanding the World Behind the Text · 14 min
74. Grammatical Analysis — Verbs, Tenses, and the Meaning They Carry · 14 min
75. Lexical Study — How to Dig Into Greek and Hebrew Words · 14 min
76. Sentence Structure and Syntax in Bible Study · 13 min
77. Using Bible Dictionaries, Lexicons, and Commentaries · 13 min
78. The Immediate, Book, and Biblical Context Levels · 14 min
79. Parallelism and Hebrew Thought Patterns · 14 min
80. Applying Context in Sermon Preparation · 16 min
81. What Is Biblical Typology? Definition and Examples · 14 min
82. Adam as a Type of Christ — Romans 5 Unpacked · 14 min
83. The Tabernacle and Temple as Types — Hebrews and the Shadows · 14 min
84. Messianic Prophecy — How to Interpret and Preach It · 15 min
85. Conditional vs. Unconditional Prophecy · 14 min
86. The Already/Not Yet Kingdom — Inaugurated Eschatology · 15 min
87. Symbolic Numbers in Scripture — 7, 12, 40, and More · 13 min
88. Metaphor, Hyperbole, and Figurative Language in the Bible · 14 min
89. The Sensus Plenior — Deeper Meanings Without Losing Literal Ground · 14 min
90. Complete Passage Analysis Framework · 16 min
91. The Bridge from Exegesis to Application · 14 min
92. Audience Analysis — Who Is Receiving This Truth? · 13 min
93. Timeless Principles from Culturally Specific Texts · 14 min
94. Personal Application Before Public Proclamation · 13 min
95. Building an Expository Sermon From a Single Passage · 15 min
96. Common Hermeneutical Mistakes Pastors Make · 14 min
97. Cults, False Doctrines, and Twisted Hermeneutics · 14 min
98. Teaching Congregations to Interpret the Bible Themselves · 14 min
99. Developing a Lifelong Bible Study Discipline · 14 min
100. The Pastor as Guardian of God's Word · 18 min

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