Over the course of thirty years of Bible exposition, I find that a fairly limited set of tools and techniques consistently yields good insights. I mentioned this to my wife one day, and she said, “You should write them down for people.” So I did.
You can find the list here. It outlines six basic principles. I’ll try to tag each post with a key word from the principle that it exemplifies (indicated in bold in the first column of the list, repeated as the summary list below).
- Understand the nature of the Bible.
- Stick to the Bible.
- Watch your words.
- Diagram sentences and paragraphs.
- Pay attention to repetition.
- Find the Bible’s comments on itself.