One of Doug Greenwold’s fundamental teaching sessions, this video was originally recorded at the IBC 2017 Conference in Zeeland, Michigan and later distributed as a complimentary DVD to selected supporters of Preserving Bible Times. Now available to all in streaming format, this session will explain what all the hubbub is about regarding biblical context and precisely why it should become a priority for any serious student of the Scriptures. You’ll find this video to be a helpful introduction to contextual basics that will leave you thirsting to go deeper still.
Doug Greenwold’s Seminal Works
Doug Greenwold was among those who set the standard and crafted the manner by which the context of Scripture could best be taught. Doug’s approach was not that of a preacher but of a scholar with his feet on the ground, exploring the mindset of the first-century-agrarian-Hebrew-villager. He adds nothing to the text of the Bible that hasn’t been there from its inception but insightfully reveals what had lurked between the lines all along.
As he often reminded us, the teaching of context invites opposition. All too often people learn things that seem to overthrow their earliest, most comfortable convictions about what the Bible has to say, though, upon reflection, they often come to understand how Doug’s teaching enlarges and sharpens the message of the original text, exposing how the intended, original audience would have received it. Now available in eBook form only (PDF) and displayed below, these books should be in the library of every serious student of the Bible.
Those Prodigal Sons …
It is known as the story of “The Prodigal Son” yet Jesus never used that term. Who came up with that title, and why? I suspect no one knows. But one thing does seem to be self-evident. It had to have been a Westerner who came up with that title. No one conversant with first-century Middle Eastern village culture would ever have characterized this parable in that way. This story is about a father and two sons; and as it contextually unfolds, we begin to see that the narrative is really a story about the father’s heart towards his two lost sons. Hence the more expansive title of this deeper digging into Jesus’ parable.
Depending on your Bible translation, the story Jesus unfolds in Luke 15:11-32 is only about 500 words long. It can be read in a matter of minutes, yet pondered for a lifetime. It tells a remarkable story that has made a lasting impression on our language. When someone comments that a person is “the family prodigal,” they are most likely drawing upon this story as the basis for their use of that word. Another cultural idiom “hidden” in this story, but readily recognized by a Middle Easterner, could be coined the “elder-brother syndrome.” But that gets ahead of our story.
You are invited to revisit the greatest short story ever told as it is now reconstituted with its original context. May you be touched in transforming ways as you rediscover how much there is still to absorb from this “familiar” story.
Sneak a peek: Chapter 5 – The Pursuit of Pleasure
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Jesus Engages a Samaritan Woman
Ideal for small groups, home fellowship and Adult Education classes, the book’s workbook format encourages both journaling and pondering. In doing so, it creates a sense of discovery and excitement by digging more deeply into God’s Word through the use of historical, cultural, literary and geographical context. Each chapter challenges the reader with open-ended, probing, soul care type questions to draw out appropriate heart and mind issues for transformational reflection and journaling.
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Chapter 5: Removing Barriers with Amazing Grace
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The Rest of the Story
The text within the pages of The Rest of The Story: A Closer Look at Familiar Passages is like someone pulling the curtain back so you can see the movie that’s been playing for quite some time on the big screen. While it’s been there all along, you just didn’t have the capacity to take it all in because it was under wraps, disguised. Within these pages, Doug Greenwold “pulls back the curtain” to help expose wisdom and insights that have been staring us in the face for centuries. Because of our old paradigms and a lack of cultural, geographical, and contextual understanding, we miss much of the greatest “movie” of all that God has given to us to draw our hearts toward His.
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Making Disciples Jesus’ Way
Making Disciples Jesus’ Way: Wisdom We Have Missed is a book for disciples and discipling practitioners. Its purpose is to challenge and provoke our contemporary Western discipleship and spiritual formation paradigms by providing the contextual backdrop of what it meant to “make disciples” in the Gospels. Then it asks: What are we doing, why are we doing it that way, and what fruit are we getting (or not getting)? The thesis of the book is that, when we reconnect with the “make disciples” contextual presuppositions in the Gospels, we can more clearly see the “missing ingredients” in discipleship today.
Sneak preview: Chapter 5 – “Do and Teach”
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The Bible:Its Land & Culture, Session 2
A series of five seminar teachings, The Bible: Its Land & Culture was originally presented by Doug Greenwold on June 23rd and 24th, 2015 at the Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Wichita, Kansas. Included are narrated aerial videos of the Holy Land with revealing insights into the cultural context of biblical events at various locations in Israel. The visuals, interlaced with geographical and historical information, make this series invaluable for both individual Bible study and small group leadership.
Your purchase also now includes the original 26-page Conference Booklet in PDF format!
Session 2 includes …
- Coastal Plain Aerial Video
- Midnight Visitor Parable
- Cultural Context Themes
- Judean Wilderness Video
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The Bible:Its Land & Culture, Session 2
A series of five seminar teachings, The Bible: Its Land & Culture was originally presented by Doug Greenwold on June 23rd and 24th, 2015 at the Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Wichita, Kansas. Included are narrated aerial videos of the Holy Land with revealing insights into the cultural context of biblical events at various locations in Israel. The visuals, interlaced with geographical and historical information, make this series invaluable for both individual Bible study and small group leadership.
We’ve added a free bonus to your streaming purchase! Click below to view and download the original 26-page Conference Booklet in PDF form:
Session 2 includes …
The Bible:Its Land & Culture, Session 1
A series of five seminar teachings, The Bible: Its Land & Culture was originally presented by Doug Greenwold on June 23rd and 24th, 2015 at the Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Wichita, Kansas. Included are narrated aerial videos of the Holy Land with revealing insights into the cultural context of biblical events at various locations in Israel. The visuals, interlaced with geographical and historical information, make this series invaluable for both individual Bible study and small group leadership.
Your purchase also now includes the original 26-page Conference Booklet in PDF format!
Session 1 includes …
- Biblical Context Introduction
- Pursuit of Original Meaning
- Geography Themes
- Physical Geography
- The Land of Milk & Honey
$9.95
Please watch your email after purchase to receive your video stream. Upon occasion, that email may land in your spam file and go unnoticed, so please be aware.
The Bible:Its Land & Culture, Session 1
A series of five seminar teachings, The Bible: Its Land & Culture was originally presented by Doug Greenwold on June 23rd and 24th, 2015 at the Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Wichita, Kansas. Included are narrated aerial videos of the Holy Land with revealing insights into the cultural context of biblical events at various locations in Israel. The visuals, interlaced with geographical and historical information, make this series invaluable for both individual Bible study and small group leadership.
We’ve just added a free bonus to your streaming purchase! Click below to view and download the original 26-page Conference Booklet in PDF form:
Session 1 includes …
- Biblical Context Introduction
- Pursuit of Original Meaning
- Geography Themes
- Physical Geography
- The Land of Milk & Honey
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