1 / 16

Religious Anthropology

Religious Anthropology. December 10, 2013. Doctrine of Illumination. The basic thrust of the Holy Spirit’s illumining or enlightening work relates primarily to our welcoming of the truths of Scripture rather than to our understanding of them.

dieter
Download Presentation

Religious Anthropology

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Religious Anthropology December 10, 2013

  2. Doctrine of Illumination • The basic thrust of the Holy Spirit’s illumining or enlightening work relates primarily to our welcomingof the truths of Scripture rather than to our understanding of them.

  3. In illumination, the Spirit’s job is not to do our work for us. Read the quote on page 64. • P 65 – Pretext or Context: Meaning comes from the top down, not from the bottom up, from the larger units of Scripture to the smaller units.

  4. Meaning from the top-down Genre: Type of communication Big idea of the unit of thought Big idea of the paragraph Sentence Word

  5. Case Study: The Importance of Context • Pp67-70 – The proper and improper interpretation of Mathew 18:19-20. • - Common mis-interpretation: • - Verses and Chapters (Stephanus): • - Textual context of passage: • - Historical context of passage: • - Proper interpretation:

  6. Commonly misinterpreted Scriptures

  7. Philippians 4:13 • - Common misinterpretation: • - Silent reading of Philippians 4. How do you feel about the chapter division? • - Meaning in context:

  8. Religious Anthropology December 11, 2013

  9. Matthew 23 Homework • Take 5-10 minutes to finish up or add nuanced observations to your Matthew 23 Critical Reading. • Switch with your partner and look at their observations.

  10. Meditation • What do you think of when you hear the word meditation? • What do you think Biblical Meditation is?

  11. Jesus’ Meditation: Matthew 4 • In the wilderness on what was Jesus meditating? • What we learn from Jesus’ mediation: • 1. He meditated on long chunks of Scripture rather than isolated verses • Larger portions give us a full thought, not a fragmented idea • We see the connections between the parts of a larger unit of thought • We give the Holy Spirit more to work with in renewing our minds • 2. Jesus allowed previous experience of God’s people to inform is response • Parallels between 40 years in the wilderness and Jesus’ 40 days. • 3. Meditation gives specific God-centered responses to temptation.

  12. Defining Meditation • 2 parts p88-89 • שִׂיחַ – siach – to muse about, to consider deep at length – non-verbal. • הָגָה– hagah – to growl, utter, speak, or muse - verbal

  13. Defining Meditation • Feedback Loop

  14. LectioDivina– p91 • 4 parts: • Lectio • Meditatio • Oratio • Contemplatio

  15. LectioDivina– Concerns? • 1. Sometimes pits informational against formational • 2. Pulls everything through an individualized formational keyhole.

  16. How to start meditating? • Start by combatting 4 main hindrances: • 1. Business • 2. Noise • 3. People • 4. General Distraction • Three tips pp95-96

More Related