Program Sermon Outline (loosely followed) I. Introduction a. Review 1. Literal 2. Allegorical 3. Moral 4. Anagogical b. Read out loud 1. Jonah 2. God 3. Captain 4. Sailors 5. Narrator 6. Newsreader for the King of Ninevah II. Literal a. What does it say? b. What doesn’t it say? c. What voices are left out? d. Who wins and …
Biblical Authority as Subjective Encounter
For my family and sexuality in the Bible class, I was asked to reflect on how I viewed biblical authority. In the spirit of laying my cards on the table and to cap the How to Read the Bible series, I thought I might post it. Sorry it’s so long. — Scott ——————————————- Certainly, my current understanding of the authority …
How to Read the Bible: The Reading
And finally we get to try out our new toys. We’ve spent the past few weeks talking about the classic understanding of the four senses of Scripture: literal, allegorical, moral, and anagogical. We have explored the promise and the peril of each and looked at some new reading strategies that might open up the text, find the life that beckons …
How to Read the Bible: The Anagogical (Program and Sermon)
Program Sermon Outline I. Review a. Literal b. Allegorical c. Moral d. Anagogical II. Classical a. Anagogical b. Destiny c. Prophecy III. Modern a. Dispensationalism b. Process theology c. Speaking prophetically IV. Post-modern Finally, we come to the anagogical sense, which interprets the things related in Holy Scripture “as they signify what relates to eternal glory.” This meaning is not …
How to Read the Bible: The Anagogical (Bonus: More Culture!)
I had to look that word up. Being in seminary, words like “hermeneutics,” “exegetical,” and “soteriology” creep into your vocabulary to the point that friends and relatives are certain you are making stuff up, but I have never heard “anagogical.” It is the final of the four senses of Scripture in the classical model. It indicates a layer of meaning …
How to Read the Bible: The Moral (Program and Sermon)
Program Sermon Outline I. Ancient a. Do good, get good b. Do good, suffer, get good later II. Classical a. Bible as guidebook b. Problems with literal truth 1. Transmission 2. Translation 3. Interpretation 4. Application c. Problems with allegorical truth 1. Interpretation 2. Application d. Both create problems with moral truth III. Modern a. The Bible speaks authoritatively on …
How to Read the Bible: The Moral
As a teenager there were a lot of decisions to make. Who should I date? What should I do with them? What should I drink? What movies should I go see? What words should I use? What should I wear? What music should I listen to and what should I do while listening to it?** So many choices. It was …
How to Read the Bible: The Allegorical (Program and Sermon)
Program Sermon Outline (roughly followed) I. Back up a. Scripture as revelation 1. How does God intervene in writing Scripture? 2. How does God intervene in the world? b. Review series 1. Literal a) Plain reading b) Modern rationalist, truth-seeking tendencies 2. Allegorical 3. Moral 4. Anagogical II. What is allegory? a. Lisa is a fox b. Bernie Madoff is …
How to Read the Bible: The Allegorical
If you spend enough time on Internet message boards, you will see a lot of bad analogies. In the course of a discussion (pronounced “argument”) someone will try to make a point by referencing something that is presumably a point of common interest and common understanding between the two dialog partners (pronounced “combatants”), say, football. One might compare a political …
How to Read the Bible: The Literal (Program and Sermon)
Program Sermon Outline I. Classical a. Descriptive b. Just the facts “Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars and even their size and relative positions, about the predictable eclipses of the sun and moon, the cycles of the years and the …
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