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Hermeneutics & Interpretation Posts

How we read the Bible shapes what we believe. This category explores biblical interpretation—context, genre, typology, and theology—without oversimplifying or overcomplicating.
June 25, 2025

Covenant to Canon: The Story Behind “Old” and “New Testament”

We toss around the labels Old Testament and New Testament like everyone’s always known what they mean—but have you ever stopped to ask where those titles came from?  Behind these common terms lies a story of translation, theology, a…

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June 9, 2025

Which Bible Translation Should I Use? And Where Did It Come From?

So Many Bibles—Which One Do I Trust? For many people just beginning to take their study of the Bible seriously, whether through formal biblical studies or personal theological growth, one of the first and possibly most disorienting questions …

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May 4, 2025

On Allegory and Accommodation: Adam and the gods of the Nations

What if our fixation on metaphysical precision is missing the point?  The Bible affirms real spiritual realities and uses typology, allegory, and accommodation not to obscure truth, but to reveal it.  Adam and the gods of the nations may n…

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May 3, 2025

Was Adam Historical–and Why Does It Matter?

So thought I’d write up a few thoughts about this, because Zach Miller over at What Your Pastor Didn’t Tell You put out what I thought was a nice overview of whether or not Jesus believed in a “historical Adam”--and whether o…

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