Colors have metaphorical meaning in scripture. Whenever you see deliberate colors mentioned, you can take for granted that there is a reason he color is mentioned. What could that color be contributing to the story at hand? What depths of meaning can be added? Where...
Geography in scripture can contain metaphorical value too! What does the landscape look like you are reading about. Does it reflect something about the characters? About the message? What is the weather like? Does it reflect emotional changes? Pay attention to your...
In the scriptures, even names can be metaphors in the scripture story. Place names and the names of people are frequently meshed especially in the Hebrew scriptures. These names describe characteristics about the person or/and the place that will become important to...
Image exegesis should be interdisciplinary exegesis when you are trying to connect scriptures to culture. In this week’s story sermon, “dust” is a prominent scriptural metaphor but also an interesting metaphor in today’s world. When it comes especially to science and...
What is happening in your culture? Try to use metaphors that help people relate scripture to what is going on in their lives and their world. If the metaphor is unrelatable, they will not receive the full impact of that scripture. To access this post, you must...
Ask questions of your metaphors. It is not enough to recognize them within the story. Many times, we read over them, because traditional ways of understanding the story have been deeply ingrained in our minds. Asking questions of the metaphors opens up the text to...
