Biblical Interpretation Through Demonstration
Teaching biblical interpretation through demonstration.
I have always loved science. Even as a kid, I loved watching scientists do experiments in the lab on tv. I loved learning about science. My favorite study in science was geology, the study of rocks. One thing that people don't realize is that interpretation of literature is a science as well. That is why … Continue reading The Science of Hermeneutics
" And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the … Continue reading Holding God in Contempt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe2qx3rdDbY&feature=youtu.be Pastor Josiah Nichols clears up an apparent contradiction in the Bible by showing that Genesis 2 isn't a second creation account; but, God's refocus on the creation of man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxpEFZXB0Hw&t=5s Pastor Josiah Nichols preaches on Romans 3:9-20 where Paul gives his closing arguments against mankind. No one is good in and of themselves. We need a savior to save us.
Music has a special place in my heart. I played alto saxophone in my school band from fourth grade all the way through high school. I had to learn hermeneutics even from that young age. I had to learn how to read sheet music. I had to learn scales. I had to learn that 4/4 … Continue reading The Music of Interpretation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhORtkB0hDo Pastor Josiah Nichols preaches on God creating a day of rest and uses it to prove God, reliability of the Bible, and the gospel of Jesus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOuxjjD-KNo Pastor Josiah Nichols unpacks 4 objections to the gospel according to Paul and the Bible's answers for them. (Romans 3:1-8). They are the same attacks liberals (political and theological) use still today: 1. Misrepresent the Message. 2. Entrap the response to the misrepresentation. 3. Elevate sin. 4. Justify sin. The Bible's response is to … Continue reading Objections Revealed
1 Timothy 2:8-10, ESV: "8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who … Continue reading Body Shaming and True Beauty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9khpgsM478 Pastor Josiah Nichols preaches on God's stamp on creation, mankind. He shows how the creation account makes sense of man's origins and our responsibility to our creator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehnaj-_em0A Pastor Josiah Nichols preaches on how external religious acts do not save you by explaining Romans 2:25-29. Paul shows how circumcision did not save the Jew from God's judgement if it was not backed up with a godly life. In the same way people who have not repented and trusted in Jesus will not … Continue reading External Religiosity Revealed
