Round the Sphere Again: Understanding Scripture

Getting the Big Picture
Kim Shay continues her series on Bible study with Training in Righteousness - 7.

The first is step, of course, to read; read a lot.  Read it out loud, as well as silently. Listen to it being read. Bible Gateway features Max McLean reading the ESV, and it’s free.  The first time we sit down, we should read as much as we can. 

Here’s a list of all the posts in this series.

Discussing the Semantic Range
of “discipline” in Hebrews 12:5:

The overall historical context of the word’s use is apparently the proverbial wisdom of a Father raising up his son. For example, Prov 3:11 says, “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline (παιδείας) or be weary of his reproof.” In other words, there is no necessary indication in the word that the child has done something wrong, morally or any other way. 

(Bill Mounce at Koinonia).

Summarizing the Gospel
D. A. Carson lists a few things we can learn about the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15.

“[T]the Gospel” is not in the first instance about something God has done for me, but about something God has objectively done in history. It is about Jesus, especially about his death and resurrection. We have not preached the Gospel when we have told our testimony and no more, or when we have conveyed an array of nice stories about Jesus, but not reached the telos (the goal or end) of the story told in the four Gospels.

(For the Love of God)