Biblical Interpretation and Communication

You will find a variety of resources below that will help you study God’s Word.  These resources build upon the Biblical Interpretation and Communication courses offered through IBS.

Hearing the Music of the Gospel
Often we look to the Bible seeing nothing more than a collection of ethical directives and moral imperatives instructing us in how to live.   But to read Scripture this way is to reduce it to dance steps, the do’s and don’ts of the Christian life, and miss the melody entirely.  To hear the music of the gospel, we need to understand how God intends his Word to function in our lives.  This article describes how you can hear the music of the gospel as you read the Scriptures.

Jesus Storybook Bible
You'll find some great resources related to the Jesus Storybook Bible.

Resources for Personal Growth
This document contains a list of helpful resources for gospel-centered living and ministry.

Gospel Transformation Handbook
This is a link to the Gospel Transformation Handbook produced by World Harvest Mission. You can download the TOC and sample chapter for free.

The Gospel Centered Life (Small Group Material)
This a nine week study published by World Harvest Mission that presents a greatly condensed version of the Gospel Transformation Handbook. It is designed for small groups.

Christ-Centered Preaching Course by Bryan Chapell (free download)
In addition to his book, Bryan Chapell teaches a course entitled "Christ-Centered Preaching." The lectures (on MP3) and course outlines are available for free.

Christ-Centered Messages by Tim Keller
You can learn a lot about Christ-centered communication by listening to those who do it well. This link will take you to over 20 free sermons from Tim Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presybterian Church in Manhattan.

Gospel-Centered Ministry by Tim Keller
This is a lecture that Tim Keller delivered at the Gospel Coalition conference at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Ephesians Studies (Cru.Comm series)
This file contains a series of Christ-centered small group lessons on Ephesians that follow the launch/explore/apply template. These studies are part of Cru.Comm.

Cru.Comm
Cru.Comm studies are a great resource for small groups. They were recently redesigned in order to incorporate some of the values we introduced in the Biblical Interpretation and Biblical Communication courses (e.g., exposing our fallen condition, helping others hear the music of the gospel, etc.) and are structured around the Launch/Explore/Apply template. For only $2 per small group leader per year, your ministry can gain access to over 100 small groups lessons.

“Seeing and Savoring” Questions
This is zip file contains discussion questions for each of the chapters from John Piper’s book Seeing and Savoring Christ.

Christ-Centered Devotionals
This file contains five devotionals you could use with small group that surface a fallen condition and point people to Christ: (1) "A Teasure You'll Do Anything to Have," (2) "Whitewashed Tombs," (3) "A Very Present Help in Touble," (4) "When Goodness and Loving Kindness Appear," (5) "Our Pursuit of Things That Cannot Deliver." You could also develop these into a talk.

Biblical Interpretation and Communication Card
Here is a PDF version of the Biblical Interpretation and Communication card. (You are free to reproduce this. For class we copied it double-sided in color on white card stock and then laminated them.)

"God's Big Picture" Handouts and Power Point
Vaughn Roberts, author of God's Big Picture, created a Power Point presentation and handouts that you could use to teach others the Bible's storyline (zip file)

Biblical Interpretation Documents - Summer 2010

Getting to Know You

Biblical Interpretation Syllabus

Biblical Interpretation Course Notes and Worksheets (right click and "save as")

Worksheet #2: Context Analysis (right click and "save as")

Worksheet #5: Theological Analaysis (right click and "save as")

Doriani, "Reflecting on the Redemptive Thrust of Scripture"

Biblical Interpretation, Sample Bibliography

Commentary Resources for BI Paper

Genesis 11

Creation and Blessing by Ross

Genesis: A Commentary by Bruce Waltke

Gensis by Wenham - Word Biblical Comm

2 Samuel 9

2 Samuel by Dale Ralph Davis

2 Samuel in Expositors Bible Commentary Series

2 Samuel by Arnold (NIVAC Series)

Hesed article by D. A. Baer and R. P. Gordon in New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis

Mark 2

Mark by Edwards – Pillar Series

NIV Application Commentary on Mark by Garland

Mark by Lane (NICNT Series)

Luke 15

Luke by Bock (2 Vol) – BICNT Series

Luke by Bock (NIV Application Commentary)

Luke by Marshall (NICNT Series)

Biblical Communication Documents - Summer 2010

Biblical Communication Syllabus

Biblical Communication Course Notes and Worksheets (right click and "save as")

Preaching to Believers and Unbelievers
This MP3 file contains a lecture Tim Keller gave at Covenant Seminary several years ago. 

Preaching to Believers and Unbelievers (Zip file version; right click and "save as")
This MP3 file contains a lecture Tim Keller gave at Covenant Seminary several years ago. 

Worksheet #1: Audience Analysis

Worksheet #2: Brainstorming MBI and Structure

Worksheet #3: Message Objectives and Outline

Worksheet #4: Launching/Closing and Illustrating

Reading Report