Author: Andrew Patterson
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Context, Context, Context
While teaching lately how to study the Bible (using Kevin Rhodes’s book as a guide for the first sequence of sessions), I covered the basics of biblical context. As I (and Rhodes) see it, there are essentially four broad layers of context for a given text, each with its own sub-elements: The inquisitive Bible student…
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Books I Ate (7/24)
I intended to finish two or three more books, but alas! This month is a very short list. Next month won’t be much better, I don’t suppose, as I’ll be at Polishing the Pulpit for half the month. Chesterton, G. K. What’s Wrong with the World. Read by Stewart Crank. 2019 Museum Audiobooks, 2019. Audible…
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Books I Ate (6/24)
All right, folks! I can’t believe it’s already that time again: Let us examine my reads of this month. I have been privileged to start the M.A. in Old Testament program at Freed-Hardeman University. I initially intended to start in the fall semester, but Dr. Rick Brumback (who heads the Graduate School of Theology and…
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Let’s Make Fajitas
As I have mentioned, this blog will be random and exciting. One of my passions is cooking, especially Mexican and Mediterranean fare. Last night, I had the privilege of cooking for my parents and a family from their church. As good Texans, we love Tex-Mex, which is its own, authentic regional cuisine with a rich…
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Books I Ate (5/24)
One of the few scenes from the Revelation that stuck with me as a kid was the one in Revelation 10:8–11. In this brief pericope, the Revelator receives a “little book” from a colossal angel, who commands him to consume it. Normally, I ingest my books through the senses of hearing or seeing, but John…
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The First Shepherd
Those of my readers familiar with my areas of interest know how much I enjoy the book of Genesis. I can study it forever and exhaust neither myself nor the depths of its teachings. Recently, something stirred my curiosity considering Abel. I cannot recall where or I’d cite the source, but I came across a…
Each Day Grow Older 