Reverend Marv Wiseman sets out the principle that unless otherwise noted, we should seek the literal meaning of any biblical passage.
A non-literal use of day (2)
July 27, 2017 • Reverend Marv Wiseman
Reverend Marv Wiseman continues discussing the difference between literal truth and literal fact.
An early undermining of literality (2)
July 26, 2017 • Reverend Marv Wiseman
Pastor Marv Wiseman acknowledges that while all truth in the Bible is literally true, not everything in the Bible is to be taken literally.
A non-literal use of day
July 25, 2017 • Pastor Marv Wiseman
Pastor Marv Wiseman addresses some objections to the literal truth of the Bible.
The purpose of figurative language
July 24, 2017 • Reverend Marv Wiseman
Why does the Bible use so much figurative language? What is the point of it at all? Reverend Marv Wiseman explains.
Zoomorphism in the Bible
May 28, 2017 • Reverend Marv Wiseman
The Bible is full of zoomorphic imagery, which uses animal shapes to portray or illustrate important truths.
Rhetorical questions in the Bible
June 1, 2017 • Reverend Marv Wiseman
The Bible uses rhetorical questions, often with devastating truth bomb effects.
Euphemism softens hard truths
May 31, 2017 • Reverend Marv Wiseman
The Bible is full of euphemisms that God uses to spare our feelings, if possible, while giving us truth.
Irony in the Bible (2)
May 30, 2017 • Reverend Marv Wiseman
The many ironic statements in the Bible will remain a puzzle unless we understand why they were written that way.
Irony in the Bible (1)
May 29, 2017 • Reverend Marv Wiseman
We cannot hear the tone in which the Bible was spoken, but we should be able to understand the irony of certain statements by the way they are written.
Prayer does not replace hermaneutics
March 13, 2017 • Pastor Marv Wiseman
Pastor Marv Wiseman admonishes us to study the Word intensely so that we can use it properly in our prayers, not the other way around.
A figure of speech called simile (2)
March 10, 2017 • Pastor Marv Wiseman
As used in the Bible, a simile takes something literal and concrete and applies it to the spiritual.
A figure of speech called simile (1)
March 9, 2017 • Pastor Marv Wiseman
Pastor Marv Wiseman explains the concept of a simile and shows us why the Bible uses so many of them.
The bridge between literal and figurative
March 8, 2017 • Pastor Marv Wiseman
Pastor Marv Wiseman shows us how we can understand when the Bible is using figures of speech.
The purpose of figurative language
March 7, 2017 • Pastor Marv Wiseman
Pastor Marv Wiseman begins examining some of the uses of figurative language in the Bible and explains why the writers choose to employ it.
