Application

The Right Way To Study Your Bible

As a pastor, I love it when people walk into my office and ask how they should study their Bible. I love it even more when they tell me how they have been studying it already and ask if I have any suggestions. Many people come into my office looking for THE way to study …

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Book Review: Preaching that Changes Lives

Preaching that Changes Lives Author: Michael Fabarez Publisher and Date: Wipf and Stock, 2005                              Rank (1-10): 8 *Rank 1-10, with 1 meaning “waste of time” and 10 meaning “must read.” THESIS OF THE BOOK : To encourage and empower preachers to preach sermons that not only convey information about the Bible, but that also …

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Putting The Truth To Work

 

 

Doriani, Daniel M.  Putting the Truth to Work: the Theory and Practice of Biblical Application. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: P&R Publishing, 2001.  342pp. $17.99 (much $11.69 at wtsbooks .

 

INTRODUCTION

             As a companion to his excellent work, Getting the Message, Daniel Doriani published Putting the Truth to Work in 2001.  In Getting the Message (Hereafter, GTM), Doriani gave a basic outline for the beginning stages of hermeneutics and exegesis.  In Putting the Truth to Work, the author seeks to apply the basic principles set forth in GTM, through the CAPTOR method of exegesis to the greater task of application. 

            Though wide in scope, the book seeks to answer the main question, “Is the Bible relevant?” (1).  That is, in short, what application is all about.  Showing readers and hearers how the Bible, as a whole and in specific texts, is relevant to their lives and their individual situations.  However, no one can expect to discover the contemporary meaning of the Bible without knowing its original meaning.  That is the assertion of Doriani, and it is that assertion that builds the foundation for this work. 

 

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