The Sheepfold

Hey Cameron, Hope all is well.  When you are trying to sort out the point of a parable just remember there is only one point.  To use the word allegory when speaking about the scriptures is frowned upon because the sense is that once you give spiritual...

The Vine

Hey Cameron,Hope all is well.  A guy just came into the office today and we were speaking bout this, when he cut me off to mention that ‘dead branches are cut off & go into the fire, if there’s not spiritual life then they go to Hell.’  I said to...

Atmosphere questions

Hey Cameron, Hope all is well.  Sounds like everything is moving along tickety boo.  One of the challenges in the last segment of Mark is that neither the terms, grammatical structure, literary form or atmosphere tell you much.Atmosphere – In light of the...

1 Samuel narrative

Hey Cameron,Hope all is well.  In answer to your question, 1 Samuel seems like its a biographical narrative and that means the people are the most important component.  You have Hannah and then Eli, then Samuel, the Ark material you mentioned is either used by the...

Inclusio & Chiasm

Hey Cameron, Hope you and the family are well.  We love and miss you to bits.  Looks like things might be moving along as we had anticipated and prayed for the next season.  For the time being, it seems fruitful to review some bits of the Inductive Bible Study...

Interrogation

Hey Cameron, Got your message.  Thank you.When you are talking about interrogation, literally speaking, it’s a question followed by an answer in the same context(sometimes directly following the question, while at other times not following until later in the...