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The methodology I was taught is referred to as the ICE method of study. They stand for Isagogics, Categorical, and Exegetical. It’s an approach that uses several angles in order to get a fuller view of a particular topic.

Using grammar alone to state your view is like using a microscope to see the big picture.

So, you don’t know?

So in the parable of the falling seeds, which seeds would they be? Your ability to discern a saved individual may be distorted.

So, what will cause you to lose your salvation? Is a particular sin, or a certain number? It seems I remember a verse that said all but 1 sin was forgivable.

Amen!

Right over your head.

Why are so many concerned about tomorrow, when it’s only today that counts? Today is the day of our salvation!

I applaud your dedication to study and parsing the original languages, but education doesn’t guarantee salvation to a seminarian to any greater degree than a humble child. Jesus warned those that tried to brush children away from His midst that unless they too displayed their unadulterated...

If they could, were they truly saved, or like the ones who left at one point and were called pretenders? The preponderance of teaching in Scripture says to work out your own salvation. I have done so, have you?

Our fate is not determined by a word here or there, but by a preponderance of the evidence.

Having read and studied Paul’s writing for several decades, I have concluded that the longer he taught, the more humble he became. There is no arrogance in his claims of salvation, for him or us. The more mature a believer becomes, the more aware they are of their sins and their severity. It is...

. What do you figure Paul believed? Seems his opinion would supercede ours

He seems to be confident in his assertion that for himself and Christians in his audience have some sort of assurance of a future salvation.

Why does Paul say to his listeners at one point, “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord?”

Indeed, when properly understood, a most practical letter.

This trading was definitely going to go through and yield profit. Failure was excluded. They had contacts all over the world. These were Jews of the dispersion, and a great many of their fellow-Jews were in business. There was nothing that would stand in the way of their buying and selling and...

I have a book by Spiros Zadhiates on the book of James. It has become my go-to reference in studying this practical book; See what you think——— In Planning, Do Not Leave God Out Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell...

It has been a few decades since I was taught a bit of the Greek. Was my teacher incorrect, or does my memory fail me concerning the ‘Ifs” in Scripture. It seems that I recall there were 3 primary if’s; 1- If, and “it may or not be true.” 2- If, and “it is true.” 3- If, and “it is not...

May I suggest a book by someone who grew up in Greece, studied classical and Biblical Greek. Faith, Love & Hope An Exposition of the Epistle of James Spiros Zodhiates, Th.D. Zodhiates, Spiros. 1999. Faith, Love, & Hope: An Exposition of the Epistle of James. Electronic ed. Logos Library...