John Piper says:<\/p>\n
It was a life-changing revelation to me when I discovered that Paul, for example, did not merely make a collection of divine pronouncements<\/span>, but that he argued. This meant, for me, a whole new approach to Bible reading. No longer did I just read or memorize verses. I sought also to understand and memorize arguments<\/span>. This involved finding the main point of each literary unit and then seeing how each proposition fit together to unfold and support the main point. (Biblical Exegesis: Discovering the Meaning of Scriptural Texts<\/a>, pg. 18, my emphasis)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If you want to learn this method of biblical interpretation (which works especially well in Pauline texts), there is now a website devoting to the art of biblical arcing<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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John Piper says: It was a life-changing revelation to me when I discovered that Paul, for example, did not merely make a collection of divine pronouncements, but that he argued. This meant, for me, a whole new approach to Bible reading. No longer did I just read or memorize verses. I sought also to understand … Continue reading Biblical Arcing Method of Interpretation<\/span>