by Jason DeRouchie | Jul 7, 2022 | Creation, Observation, Text
Dr. Grudem usually uses Scripture to ground his Christian doctrine and ethics. However, he supports his belief in an old earth with almost no biblical evidence, dismisses the proposals of scientists guided by God’s word, and follows an interpretation of the observable...
by Jason DeRouchie | Jun 4, 2022 | Context, Covenant, GearTalk Biblical Theology Podcast, Meaning, Scripture, The Gospel
What Did the Prophets Know? A Consideration of 1 Peter 1:10-12 What Did the Prophets Know? A Consideration of 1 Peter 1:10–12 by Jason DeRouchie, Tom Kelby, and Jack Yaeger https://jasonderouchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/prophets-podcast-real-copy-2.mp3...
by Jason DeRouchie | May 5, 2022 | Biblical Theological Overview of the Bible, Context, GearTalk Biblical Theology Podcast, Scripture, Uncategorized
The Three-Part Arrangement of Jesus’s Bible The Three-Part Arrangement of Jesus's Bible by Jason DeRouchie, Tom Kelby, and Jack Yaeger https://jasonderouchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gear-talk-ep-1-jesus-bible.mp3 Transcript JY: Welcome to Gear Talk,... by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 15, 2021 | Bible Study
To summarize How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament, this blog journey has supplied twelve steps from exegesis to theology. I categorized each of the twelve under the acronym TOCMA, which stands for Text > Observation > Context > Meaning >... by Jason DeRouchie | Aug 15, 2021 | Bible Study
Text (Genre, Literary units and text hierarchy, Text-criticism) Observation (Clause and text grammar, Argument-tracing, Word and concept studies) Context (Historical and Literary context) Meaning (Biblical and Systematic theology) Application (Practical theology) Once... by Jason DeRouchie | Aug 15, 2021 | Bible Study
What is Systematic Theology? Systematic theology is the study of the Bible’s doctrine designed to help us shape a proper worldview. Systematic theology presupposes that the Bible gets reality right, and it assumes Scripture’s overarching unity while affirming the... by Jason DeRouchie | Jul 15, 2021 | Bible Study
God gave us his word in a book that is made up of multiple books. Whereas biblical theology (step 10) looks more at Scripture as a whole, literary context focuses on the individual parts as they come to us within their overall canonical context. It’s the difference... by Jason DeRouchie | May 15, 2021 | Bible Study
Step 8 of the interpretive process moves us from “Observation” to “Context” as we consider, “Where does the passage fit?” This post considers the historical context, and the next will consider the literary context. Starting to Assess Historical Context By considering... by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 15, 2021 | Bible Study
In God’s wisdom, he chose to give us his Word in a book shaped by words. Words often carry a range of meanings, dependent on the context. If I say “trunk,” many different images may come to mind: (1) the main woody stem of a tree, (2) the torso of a person or animal’s... by Jason DeRouchie | Mar 15, 2021 | Bible Study
When interpreting Scripture, we observe carefully by considering how a passage is communicated. We have already established the literary units and text hierarchy (step 2) and assessed clause and text grammar (step 5). So, we are ready to finish tracing the literary...