Downloadable Materials

Click the links below to download lesson notes, outlines, and handouts. You can also watch the lessons here.

Lesson notes and outlines

— How did we get the Bible? The formation of the canon

— What is the “best” Bible translation? Hermeneutical challenges resulting from translating the Bible

— How to understand the Bible: introduction to hermeneutics (biblical interpretation)

— How to understand the Bible: miracles, idioms, and exaggeration

— How to understand the Bible: poetry, songs, and psalms

— How to understand the Bible: historical narrative & proverbs

— How to understand the Bible: letters/epistles

— How to understand the Bible: parables

— How to understand the Bible: reading the OT in light of Christ

— How to understand the Bible: covenants and OT law

— How to understand the Bible: prophecy

— How to understand the Bible: a whole-Bible approach to making moral and ethical decisions

Handouts

— Interpretation/hermeneutics terms and definitions

— Discourse analysis: tracing reference sheet

— Example of tracing a passage by Thomas R. Schreiner

Articles

— “Tracing an Argument” by Brian Vickers