Rural Church Renewal
Rural pastors helping rural churches think biblically about the local church.
Rural Church Renewal
Why Context Matters
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TJ Freeman & Joe Wagner
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Season 4
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Episode 7
In this episode we...
- discuss how context informs the meaning of a passage:
- Literary
- What comes above and below your current passage?
- How does this affect the author's argument?
- Historic / Cultural
- How does the specific culture at the specific time and place inform the meaning of your text?
- Biblical
- Does the passage quote or allude to any other portions of Scripture?
- How would that passage have been understood by the original author?
- Why is the author quoting it?
- Literary