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 …