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This lesson introduced four types of questions that students can ask as they study each New Testament book. Which of these four types stood out to you most? Why? How do you think this type of question will help your study of the New Testament?
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I think historical context helps us understand how the meaning of the authors can apply to our lives today.
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Contemporary application of a text is important to apply the Bible correctly to my life.
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Contemporary application stood out the most to me. This is because I am always seeking ways to apply the Bible to my daily life and so it will help me by putting the New Testament in context.
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All four questions are needed to understand the context and in order to apply the context you need that understanding. I think the historical background is needed so that you can see what the author was doing and feeling at that point in history, to be able to interpret the context you need the historical background and theology is definitely important as we want to know what the context is showing us in our Christian faith and lastly to be able to apply the context to today is very crucial.
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This may be a cheap answer, but just as Stedman pointed out that looking at scripture from the atomic perspective is just as valuable as the astronomical perspecive, each of the four questions has equal value to understanding and applying scripture. One cannot properly apply scripture to his life without first understanding its context, and there is no purpose in knowing the context without applying it.