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Fri, Dec 18, 2009
Randy Alcorn
Money and Giving
direction, finances, giving, guidance, money, scripture, tithing

31 Radical, Liberating Questions to Ask God About Your Giving

When it comes to financial stewardship, God hasn’t handed each of us a standardized checklist with little boxes to mark off one by one. Rather, He has provided us His Word with principles for effective financial stewardship—principles we have to wrestle with. In the process of this struggle, God expects us to seek His face and to pursue the counsel of godly believers who have traveled further than we along Stewardship Road.

Tue, Dec 22, 2009
Randy Alcorn
Prolife
abortion, abortion & the bible, baby, bible verses, life, post-abortive recovery, prolife resources, references, scripture, unborn

Abortion-relevant References from Scripture

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5)

Wed, Jan 06, 2010
Randy Alcorn
Doctrine and Theology
bible study methods, hermeneutics, scripture

Do you think it’s important to study Bible history and customs of the land? What books would you recommend?

When I used to teach hermeneutics and Bible study methods at Multnomah Bible College in Portland, OR, I always emphasized Bible history and culture a lot. I think it really deepens your reservoir from which to draw.

Some of my favorite resources:

The IVP Bible Background Commentary on NT, Craig Keener, is really outstanding. The classic is Edersheim’s Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah which is still good. K. A. Kitchen’s Ancient Orient and Old Testament is interesting. Wight’s Manners and Customs’ of Bible Lands is old, but good. I like the newer Compact Handbook of ...

Are the Scriptures anti-Semitic?

There is not a single passage in Scripture that so much as implies that Jews are inhuman, that they are without sin, that they did not fall in Adam and don't need the Messiah.

Fri, Feb 05, 2010
Randy Alcorn
Doctrine and Theology
bible, biblical interpretation, canonical text, grammatical-historical text, inspiration, interpret, interpretation, meaning, original intent, scripture, translation

What factors should we consider in interpreting a passage of Scripture?

Because the inspired writers chose their words to communicate meaning to specific audiences, the interpreter seeks to understand the text as it would most likely have been understood by its original readers