How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Genre and Literary Units
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...How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Step 2—Literary Units and Text Hierarchy
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,...Creating a Text Hierarchy in the Hebrew Old Testament
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...Interpreting Scripture and the Day of the Lord
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...How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Step 1—Genre
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...How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: A Blog Journey
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...Jesus’s Only Bible: 7 Tips for Preaching the Old Testament
Pastors and teachers, with Paul, I “charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word” (2 Tim. 4:1–2). And when you do, don’t forget the Old Testament—the “sacred...Podcast: Tips for Preaching the Old Testament
On a recent episode of Preaching and Preachers, a podcast hosted by Midwestern Seminary President Jason K. Allen, I gave seven tips for preachers hoping to grow in preaching from Jesus’s Bible. Here are the seven tips you will hear unpacked in the podcast:...The Mystery Revealed: A Biblical Case for Christ-Centered Old Testament Interpreation
In the August 2019 issue of Themelios, I provide a biblical-theological foundation for reading the Old Testament in a Christ-centered way. I argue that Jesus himself provides both the light for enabling us to see and savor what is in the OT and the necessary lens that...DeRouchie’s Audio & Video Sites
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