“To apply a passage, therefore, you need to see what your passage reveals about God and the way people responded and lived before God. Look for those same factors in contemporary life. How does the condition of people today reflect… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“Poorly prepared conclusions that wander about looking for an exit line leave a congregation looking toward the exit.” — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“So what? What difference does it make?” How should this concept be applied? Is the biblical writer applying his idea? Where does he develop… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
You will invest your life in something, or you will throw it away on nothing. — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“A series of different questions must be raised when trying to understand a story. A sampling of those questions might be the following: Who… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“bland composite” of the congregation’s “congenial, ever helpful, ever ready to help boy scout; as the darling of the old ladies and as sufficiently… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“Here is another thing that used to puzzle me. Is it not frightfully unfair that this new life should be confined to people who… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“If you start into a sentence without pinning down what you want to emphasize, you may end up stressing insignificant details. If you add… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“Remember that you’re looking for the author’s ideas. Begin by stating in rough fashion what you think the writer is talking about—that is, his… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“What does this mean?” What has to be explained so that my listeners will understand the passage? Does the biblical writer explain his statements… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“More thought is demanded but more accomplished if we set them up: “Written boldly into the Bible is this phrase . . .” “Paul… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
Ministers must read. We are required to read not as a luxury but as a necessity. — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
