How To Read The Bible with Nicholas Piotrowski

In this episode we talk with Nicholas Piotrowski to learn how best to read the Bible and why our interpretative principles matter. Nicholas Piotrowski is the President and Academic Dean at Indianapolis Theological Seminary in Indiana. His book, ‘In All the Scriptures – The Three Principles of Biblical Hermeneutics’ is published by IVP America. (1:01) What does ‘hermeneutics’ mean? How we interpret; (2:00) How our culture shapes the way we read the Bible; (4:30) How to be aware of our presuppositions; (5:30) Art and intuition in biblical interpretation; (9:08) Importance of the big picture of the Bible; (10:07) How to know if our interpretation is legitimate and ethical; (12:08) The gospel of John and the OT; (15:25) How Jesus and the New Testament writers read the Old Testament; (19:22) Why its important to understand the whole Bible points to Christ; (22:40) How does a preacher start thinking about how a text points to Christ and how do they apply it? (29:00) Chiasms and chiastic structures; (34:30) Resources. Links mentioned in this episode: www.ivpress.com https://indysem.org/ https://www.amazon.com/All-Scriptures-Contexts-Biblical-Hermeneutics/dp/1514002183 Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: [email protected] godsstorypodcast.com