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The Good Portion: God explores what Scripture teaches about God in hopes that readers will see his perfection, worth, magnificence, and beauty as they study his triune nature, infinite attributes, and wondrous works. 

                     

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Wednesday
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Theological Term of the Week: Eisegesis

eisegesis
The practice of reading meaning into a text of scripture when interpreting it.
  • From Inductive Bible Study by Richard Alan Fuhr Jr. and Anreas J. Kostenberger, page 30:

    Often readers approach the Bible with an agenda, using it to support various doctrines (whether orthodox or heretical), proof texting along the way. Others will use the Bible as a springboard for various points of interest, focusing on an aspect of the text without asking what the author was really trying to say in the original context… . [A] better way to read Scripture is to approach it on its own terms and to allow it to speak for itself. 

Learn more:

  1. Theopedia: Eisegesis
  2. Simply Put: Exegesis and Eisegesis

 

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