“…there’s a difference between preaching from a passage and preaching the passage, and that difference matters more than we think. So let’s slow this down together. What is exegetical preaching really? Before we assume we’re doing this, we need to define it very clearly.” - GARBC
“It releases in early August, and it’s available for pre-order now. Preview the book: This 34-page sample PDF includes the front matter, the Introduction, and the first part of chapter 1.” - Andy Naselli
Read Part 1.
Recognizing that there is some degree of self-perceived personhood and function defined by their design (and their designers), we test the neutrality and objectivity of the LLMs by prompts specifically related to hermeneutic priorities and processes. Those prompts include questions pivotal to the epistemological and metaphysical foundations of the Biblical worldview, and related to the sine qua non. Where the responses are not definitive or committal, follow up questions are asked.
“Let me illustrate what I mean by showing how interpreting the Bible as history without reality—where signs point only to other signs and not to realities—misunderstands historical-grammatical exegesis.” - Wyatt Graham
by Randy Leedy
Let’s make sure at the outset that I’m clear about what I mean by “sentence diagramming.” Of the variety of forms of mapping out sentences visually, by “sentence diagramming,” I mean a method that at least roughly approximates the one developed by Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg and published in the 1870s, hence known as the Reed-Kellogg method. Here is an example, from Matthew 1:21. The running text reads, τέξεται δὲ υἱόν, καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν· αὐτὸς γὰρ σώσει τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν (And she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins).
“If reasonable arguments can be made exegetically then perhaps we ought not to anathematize people who believe differently than we do on issues such as this. Perhaps someone can believe that David and Bathsheba committed adultery and still support the #metoo and #churchtoo moments.” - Dave Miller
Have you ever read an exegetical commentary that focused on obscure points of grammar so much that you actually learned nothing? Have you ever slammed a dense commentary shut, fearful you’d be drowned by a flood of eager, but meaningless, syntactical analysis? In this brilliant parody, New Testament scholar Moises Silva provides a cautionary tale for us all … 1
