by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 15, 2020 | Bible Study
For all their care and attention to detail, the scribes who copied and recopied the Hebrew Bible were not perfect. Errors in copying did occur. Poor memory, impaired judgment, mishearing, and errors of sight or misunderstanding caused the best-intentioned scribes to... by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 9, 2020 | Announcements, Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Books, Complete Bibliography, DeRouchie, The Bible and Theology
DeRouchie, Jason S., Oren R. Martin, and Andrew David Naselli. 40 Questions about Biblical Theology. 40 Questions. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2020. I am an Old Testament scholar who treasures the Lord Jesus, and because of this I delight in the discipline of biblical... by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 30, 2020 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Complete Bibliography, DeRouchie, Prophets & Prophecy
Those interpreting the Bible in the twenty-first century have the significant responsibility of building a bridge between the modern world and the ancient Word. Part of this process includes learning about the Bible’s historical and cultural context, most of... by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 28, 2020 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Blog Posts, Books, Complete Bibliography, DeRouchie, Text
For the Church has initiated their blogs summarizing portions from my book, How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament. Following the introductory post, part 1 summarizes step one in the exegetical process––Genre. Understanding genre is critical for rightly... by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 15, 2020 | Bible Study
Step #2 – Literary Units and Text Heirarchy Determining the Boundaries of a Text After genre, the next step in your exegesis is to determine the limits of the passage that you are studying. The limits of the passage could be a quotation, a paragraph, a story, a song,... by Jason DeRouchie | Oct 20, 2020 | Announcements, Audio, DeRouchie, Interview, Text, Video
Biblearc.com is my top tool for visually tracking a biblical author’s flow-of-thought in order to determine a text’s boundaries, structure, and main idea. I use Biblearc.com’s phrasing module to create what I call a TEXT HIERARCHY of the... by Jason DeRouchie | Oct 18, 2020 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Bible Study, Blog Posts, DeRouchie, Sin, The Glory of God, Wrath
DeRouchie, Jason S. “Interpreting Scripture: A General Introduction” and “The Day of the Lord,” The Gospel Coalition, 23 September 2020, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/interpreting-scripture-a-general-introduction/ and... by Jason DeRouchie | Oct 15, 2020 | Bible Study
Step #1: Genre When my oldest daughter was younger, she was a master of “genre” analysis. I saw it most clearly after her daily trip to the mailbox, when she would push aside the bills and advertisements to select the letters from friends or family. With every new... by Jason DeRouchie | Sep 20, 2020 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Bible Study, Blog Posts, Books, Complete Bibliography, DeRouchie
For most, interpreting the initial three fourths of the Bible, the Old Testament, is a challenge. To help alleviate this problem, in 2017 I wrote How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament. Now, I am condensing each chapter from my book into a blog series on... by Jason DeRouchie | Aug 12, 2020 | Announcements, Articles/Essays, Complete Bibliography, Covenant, DeRouchie, Law, People of God
Though Christians often think of the book of Romans when Martin Luther and the doctrine of justification by faith come to mind, Luther himself claims to have fixated upon Galatians, calling it his very wife. At the heart of this important letter, Paul quotes Lev 18:5...