How’d You Do That? (7/31/12)
On Monday and Tuesday, we examined Solomon’s third purpose for writing the book of Proverbs and sought to apply it. How did I get to those specific applications? Whenever we study a passage of the...
View ArticleThree Spheres of Application
Last week, I wrote about the two directions we can take with our application. This week, I’d like to propose another way of thinking about application: the 3 spheres. Over the next few weeks, I’ll...
View ArticleApply the Bible to Your Head
Tinou Bao (2006), Creative Commons Gobs of Christians – myself included – do dumb things. We say dumb things and execute dumb decisions. Every time I talk to someone who was offended by a hurtful,...
View ArticleBible Study is for the Heart not Just the Head
According to Dave Kraft, “How You Approach Scripture as a Leader is Critically Important.” He writes of his experience with OIA Bible study (though he labels the first step as “Information” instead of...
View ArticleEveryday Application
Bible application is exhausting. Must we do it every time we study the Bible? Must we constantly add one more thing to our to-do list? At Desiring God, David Mathis says it depends on what we mean by...
View ArticleHow to Encourage Heart-Oriented Application
Practical application often has a bad rap among Christians. Some people read the Bible and believe they’ve done the work of applying it if they come away with a list of truths about God. “But that’s...
View ArticleDon’t Apply the Bible?
Crossway’s blog has a provocative article by David Mathis, who argues that practical application can sometimes be a red herring that distracts us from careful Bible study. So then, is it right to think...
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