October Update

Here is our latest update. I did try to use Swift Publisher 2.2 in writing this newsletter. But there is a glitch, SP file size is huge. This newsletter is like 60 MB and when converted to PDF about 48 MB. Obviously it can’t be sent as email attachment. However, SP have export as JPEG [...]

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Reading biblical narratives

Big percentage of the Biblical materials is narrative. Narrative is a literary form characterized by sequential action involving plot, setting and characters. The meaning of the narrative derives primarily from the actions of its characters. Rather than telling us how to live or how not live, stories teach us the same through the actions of [...]

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Indescribable

I have been singing and playing my guitar lately. I also had the opportunity to lead praise and worship in our church which I haven’t done since we came here in Thailand. One morning as I was preparing to go to work, I heard this song playing and I could not stop humming it. I [...]

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Interpreting Revelation

Reading Duvall & Hays’ Grasping God’s Word has been a fascinating experience for me. The book provides me with the latest method in biblical studies. They are reinforcing the traditional methods that scholars find to be still valid. They also present some of the more effective approach to studying the different literary genres of the [...]

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Common errors in word study

When we study the Bible, it is necessary for us to do word studies. The aim of word study according to New Testament scholar, Gordon Fee is “to try to understand as precisely as possible what the author was trying to convey by his use of this word in this context.” We as readers should [...]

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