Archive for August 28, 2013
Aug 28
Saturday Seminar Round-Up
This past Saturday about 100 of us came together for three hours in the morning to become better students of Scripture. Using Philippians as an example, Ryan, Ron, and Trent each spent an hour teaching on how to read and interpret the New Testament letters. In case you missed it, the audio for this Saturday Seminar, How to Study the Bible: Epistles, is now available, along with the seminar notes.
Here are links to each session, with a selection of the resources mentioned during the seminar. See the notes for more resources and an explanation how to use them.
Session 1: “Basics, Genre, Melodic Line, an Resources,” by Ryan Kelly
Hard Copy Resources for Purchase
- Westminster Online BookstoreÂ
- DSC’s Book Recommendations
- The Bible Speaks Today commentary series
Free Online Bibles and Study Resources
- ESV Study Bible (online version is free with the purchase of a hardcopy ESVSB)
- Blue Letter Bible
- Bible Gateway
- Bible.org
- Bible Study Tools (also, see the library for other resources)
- Dr. Constable’s Expository Notes
Session 2: “Asking Questions of a Text,” by Ron Giese
- How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
- How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading, by Mortimer J. Adler
- Opening Paul’s Letters: A Reader’s Guide to Genre and Interpretation, by Gray Patrick
Session 3: “Tracing the Flow of Thought,” by Trent Hunter
- Screen presentation for Session 3
- Interpreting the Pauline Epistles, by Thomas R. Schreiner. Much of the material for this session was derived from this book, and specifically the chapter, “Tracing the Argument.” A Pdf copy of Schreiner’s chapter, “Tracing the Argument,†is available for free online at Schreiner’s SBTS faculty page here.
Previous Saturday Seminars
We titled this post, “Saturday Seminar Round-Up,” for a reason. Here’s a list of previous Saturday Seminars.
- The Reliability of the Bible, Ryan Kelly (2004)
- Modesty, Ryan Kelly (2005)
- Prayer, Ryan Kelly (2005)
- Biblical Theology, Ryan Kelly (2005)
- Biblical Leadership, Alexander Strauch (2006)
- Depression, Ryan Kelly (2006)
- Psychology, Self-Esteem, and Scripture, Ryan Kelly (2006)
- Worship: Together for the Glory of God, Ryan Kelly (2006)
- The Gospel for Christians, Ryan Kelly (2007)
- What Has Then to Do with Now?, Carl Trueman (2007)
- Song of Solomon, Dave Bruskas, Ron Giese, Ryan Kelly (2008)
As a reminder, you can always access these and other past messages on the Messages page by clicking, “Series.”