Hermeneutics - Experientializing - Dec 1 2014

We continue our look into Hermeneutics by examining the pitfall known as Experientializing. This occurs when we interpret the Bible by what we experience. Many people, for example, believe in a private prayer language because they have experienced it. Experientializing can also occur when we take an historical event in Scripture and assume that because it occurred in biblical days it should be experienced by believers today as well. For example, Gideon set out a fleece to know God's will. Should we do the same and expect his experience to be ours? Visit JustinPeters.com.

Hermeneutics - Pitfall of Generalizing - Nov 24, 2014

One of the most common mistakes people make in biblical hermeneutics is to assume that an event or promise recorded in Scripture is to be considered normative for Christians today. The Apostle Paul went to Heaven so why can't we? People were being healed in the New Testament and even the dead were being raised so why shouldn't we expect these things today? Many have made Jeremiah 29:11 their life verse and churches put this verse on their signs outside so this promise applies to us, right? Well, not so much. In today's program we will discuss the pitfall of Generalizing so that we can steer clear of this common trap and, thereby, have a better understanding and appropriation of God's Word in our lives.

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Justin Peters Program 11-17-14

This past Friday afternoon Kathy and I went to see Kirk Cameron's latest film, Saving Christmas.  The gist of the movie is that we need to "save" Christmas, not from secularists - but from Christians.  Those Christians who think that all of the trappings of Christmas from the trees, to the lights to the feasting to Santa Clause do nothing but distract from the real Reason for the season, namely, Christ.  Saving Christmas would have us to believe that all of these things that many see as distractions from the Savior are really all about the Savior.  Are they?  Are Christmas trees really in the Bible and is Santa Claus really on our team after all?  Are those believers who find these things to be unbiblical really just a bunch of legalistic sticks in the mud who should apologize and repent?  And, what role does Post Millennialism play in Saving Christmas?

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Justin Peters Program 11-10-14

A common mistake that people (and many preachers, unfortunately) make is that they will use the correct biblical terminology but assign a different meaning to those terms. This is the fallacy known as "Redefining." In this program we will look at 3 examples of how people redefine the biblical terms; namely hell, repentance, and foreknowledge. If Hell a real place and is it really separation from God? Is repentance just a change in mind? Is God's foreknowledge simply Him looking down through the corridors of time to see who would and would not choose Him? We will see there is much more to these terms than what many would have us believe.

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Justin Peters Program 11-3-14

Hello friends - I sincerely apologize for not having a program last week but my laptop was on the fritz and at the "doctor's office." In this program I want to offer an update on my interactions with Kirk Cameron regarding his interview on the Busted Halo program. Some have questioned whether I attempted to reach out to Kirk beforehand and have also questioned the propriety of my comments. I did, in fact, try to contact him before the interview and will discuss this as well as my request of him to simply make a public statement that Roman Catholicism is not a valid expression of biblical Christianity; requests which, sadly, have been ignored by Kirk. Next week we will continue our discussion of biblical hermeneutics and, Lord willing, wrap our study up in the next program or two.

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