Category: Bible

well, wi-fi is good right now as I’m sitting outside the STM office trying to key in these words while defending myself from Kamikaze insects! Prof. Seow is a passionate scholar, I can see he puts heart in his sharing. The Wisdom literature intro sparked me probably to read Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiates again with…

It’s nice to have a chance to just sit and be”lectured” to 🙂 especially in under someone like Professor Seow. The insights and info are just fabulous. In our seminar this morning he highlighted the uniqueness of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes. I need sometime to process this a bit before I put up more comments….

Bible Research: Internet Resources for Students of Scripture (via Jordon Cooper again!)

Thanks to Timothy Loh for telling me about this free Bible Software plus loads of downloads!)

Eugene Peterson drew my attention in one of his writings (possibly from his pastoral theology series) that the Scriptures are meant to be heard. There’s a “personal encounter” somehow when one reads aloud and another listens which is diffirent when one sits alone and reads a passage silently. One of the comments at the “Sabbath…

I’m going to walk through an article “The story of Chinese Philosophy” later in the afternoon. somehow I felt I don’t know enough of the story or stories from my own history. (click here for massive Biblio on Ancient Chinese Civilization – which I’ll read later when the time is right, phew!) Thanks to Jason…

The answer from McLaren on this matter is worth a separate posting, because so often I’ve found it difficult & challenging to lead a group study for books or the Bible (I know many feel the same way). __________________________ … even without a formal study guide, I think you can use one of the methods…

Rev. Dr. Ezra Kok first “highlighted” NT Scholar Richard B. Hays to me specifically his book – The Moral Vision of the New Testament. Here’s some articles or excerpts I found on the net. Salvation by Trust? Reading the Bible Faithfully Richard Hays’ story of Gary – It’s how he begins chapter 16 (“Homosexuality”) of…

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After three days with Dr. Harry Wendt, I’ve discovered how little I know about the Scriptures (especially the Old Testament) and how I need to “soak” myself and “saturate myself” further & deeper with a “Big-picture” approach into GOD’s Bigger Story and Jesus the Messiah is indeed much much BIGGER than my small brains can…