Hermeneutics and narrative

Some rough and ready “rules” for doing a narrative-historical reading of the New Testament (9 May. 2013)
Wright and White on the “righteousness of God” in 2 Corinthians 5:21 (12 Apr. 2013)
The coming of the Son of Man: theology or history? (4 Apr. 2013)
Theology, narrative and history: how they work in practice (13 Mar. 2013)
The battle between theology and history for the soul of the church: 24 antitheses (5 Mar. 2013)
Reading the Old Testament as a Christian (1 Mar. 2013)
Forgiveness and the wiped out document nailed to the cross (27 Nov. 2012)
A couple more problems with the narrative-historical premise. Will it never end? (23 Nov. 2012)
God, theology and history (22 Nov. 2012)
The strengths (and weaknesses) of the narrative-historical method (19 Nov. 2012)
Keep telling the story, despite God and despite ourselves (6 Nov. 2012)
In the likeness of sinful flesh (25 Oct. 2012)
Scot McKnight on the historical Jesus and the Jesus of the church (11 Oct. 2012)
Kester Brewin on the failed “mutiny” of the prodigal son (28 Sep. 2012)
Understanding the big picture of the Bible: a guide to reading the Bible well (6 Sep. 2012)
The story is more than gospel: a response to Leslie Leyland Fields (25 Jul. 2012)
In what sense are we "bound to what the New Testament teaches"? (12 Jul. 2012)
Mark Driscoll and the marks of a "true church" (9 Jul. 2012)
Should we still love our enemies? (21 Jun. 2012)
At the risk of repeating myself... (19 Jun. 2012)
What was God's "eternal purpose"? (18 Jun. 2012)
Is the promise of the narrative-historical approach real or illusory? (15 Jun. 2012)
The narrative-historical reading of the New Testament: what's in it for me? Part 3 (9 Jun. 2012)
The narrative-historical reading of the New Testament: what's in it for me? Part 2 (6 Jun. 2012)
The narrative-historical reading of the New Testament: what’s in it for me? Part 1 (4 Jun. 2012)
Brian LePort's ten most difficult doctrinal/theological issues (23 Apr. 2012)
Andrew Sullivan on Jesus (3 Apr. 2012)
More on the divinity of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels (12 Mar. 2012)
Daniel Kirk on narrative theology (28 Feb. 2012)
Dogmas, doctrines, opinions, and narratives (15 Feb. 2012)
Jesus Have I Loved, But Paul? Chapter 6: Women in the Story of God (16 Jan. 2012)
The fault line between the Reformed and the... er, post-Reformed? (12 Jan. 2012)
The fog of biblical interpretation (9 Jan. 2012)
A parable of two sons (3 Jan. 2012)
Interpreters of the New Testament should show more respect for boundaries (28 Dec. 2011)
Marcus Borg’s “historical-metaphorical” hermeneutic (14 Dec. 2011)
Misinterpreting Jesus for the sake of the gospel: parables of a prodigal son (26 Nov. 2011)
Polysemy, pre-eminence, and patriarchy in Paul (22 Nov. 2011)
The New Testament, the end of theology, and the recovery of dialogue (12 Nov. 2011)
Quote: William C. Placher: Hans Frei on narrative after Christendom (23 Oct. 2011)

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The not so Great Commission Reading Ed Stetzer’s reflections on the ‘meanings of missional’ from a year or so back provoked a familiar sense of bewilderment. How is it that five lengthy posts on the meaning of such terms as ‘missional’ and missio dei, plus a large...
A couple more problems with the narrative-historical premise. Will it never end? In The narrative premise of a post-Christendom theology, which stands as an introductory piece for the approach to reading the New Testament that I think an “evangelical” church somehow needs to take on board, I suggest that: The New...
Forgiveness and the wiped out document nailed to the cross One of the implications of a narrative-historical hermeneutic is that the community, not the individual, is made the locus for New Testament theological reasoning. So, for example, eschatology—the “end” stuff—is not about what happens to...