Bible chapter 1-3

Apologetics

Involves defending the faith against an accusation

License

Involves twisting God’s grace to excuse, one’s lawless disregard of God’s requirements for moral living

Heresy

A false teaching

heretics

Those who promote a false teaching

Hobby horse

A topic that a person has an unhealthy preoccupation with

Problems that arise with harmonization (3)

When the data used to reach a conclusion is false. Data is too selective. Conclusions contradict clear teachings from scripture.

Doctrine directs

Christians can be assisted on the path to life through instructions found in doctrine

The Bible is the true story of what

God is doing to glorify himself by redeeming his fallen creation

Wisdom

The application of the Bible’s principles to a situation by a person

Application

Is a goal in our study of the Bible and the third and final process when understanding the word

Harmonization

Fitting together, different pieces to make one unified story

Doctrine is

Teaching

Doctrine defines

Christians see to know what’s true by giving their attention to God‘s revelation In scripture

Affections

Strong inclinations of the soul that are manifested in thinking

The Bible is God’s

Self revelation, and gives us a glimpse into the inner workings of his plans

Fear of the Lord

Reverence for God, grounded in the love that respects him motivating a person to please God and avoid grieving him

Three steps for reading the Bible

Observe interpret apply

Legalism

Involves rigid adherence to external regulations of human tradition in order to achieve a higher standing with God

Doctrine

A conclusion that we’ve drawn based on biblical data or necessary, logical inference from that data often in answer of pressing questions

Idolatry

Replacing God as the object of honor and worship with other people or things

Hermeneutics

The science and art of biblical interpretation

God created us so that everything we do ought to be motivated by

Love

Clarity

You can know what you believe and why you believe it

Conciseness

You can quickly explain or summarize the most important aspects of what you believe

Consistency

You can avoid incoherent and self-contradictory thinking

Pragmatism

In approach to life that is more concerned about what works then what is true?

Eisegesis

Reading one’s own ideas back into the text of scripture

Exegesis

Reading out of the text, what the writer intended to communicate in order to arrive at a conclusion

What’s the first step process for understanding the Bible?

Read

What’s the second step process for understanding the Bible?

Learn

What’s the third step process for understanding the Bible?

Begin interpreting

What’s the fourth step process for understanding the Bible?

Relate

What’s the fifth step process for understanding the Bible?

Research

What’s a sixth step process for understanding the Bible?

Harmonize

What’s the seven step process for understanding the Bible?

Apply

What’s the eight step process for under understanding the Bible?

Defend