by David Tinson | Sep 15, 2022 | Theology
When something is out of context it messes with our interpretation of what we see (photo by tom_kelly_archive on freeimages.com) All the way back in part 2 of this series a cursory reading of the apostle Paul had led me to think he was a replacement theologian....
by David Tinson | May 24, 2019 | Theology
The Israel of God = God’s faithful people within Israel If you have been following this series, you will have seen that in part 3 I received the interpretational equivalent of a bloodied nose. As a quick reminder, we had taken a look at Romans 2:28-29 and Romans...
by David Tinson | Jan 1, 2019 | Theology
Reading something into the text (eisegesis) is a serious error of interpretation In part 2 of this series, we saw how there are quite a few verses in the New Testament that we can use to support replacement theology. I briefly mentioned Romans 2:28-29, Romans 9:6,...
by David Tinson | Dec 27, 2018 | Theology
An open-and-shut case? Part of the beauty of the Christian life is the rich diversity of theological positions subscribed to by our brothers and sisters in Christ. In the first post of this series we introduced one that is very popular – replacement theology...
by David Tinson | Nov 11, 2018 | Theology
Not long ago, a much valued friend was reading through an article on karpophoreo.com. After finishing, but before talking about the actual content of the article, she had a couple of questions. The first was, “I know that ‘exegesis’ refers to interpretation, so why...
