{"id":477,"date":"2009-05-23T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2013-06-21T14:45:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T18:45:21","slug":"biblearc-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=477","title":{"rendered":"BibleArc.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As part of my class on Paul’s letters one of the daily assignments always is to trace the argument of a paragraph in Paul’s letters.Tom Schreiner has a helpful discussion of this in his little book Interpreting the Pauline Epistles, and some readers may have heard John Piper talk about “arcing.”\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

I have just recently learned about a new website devoted to helping people learn this method of “arcing,”\u009d<\/a> which is essentially diagramming at a paragraph level.It is a graphic portrayal of the logical connections between the different assertions in a text.This is a very helpful tool in paying close attention to the text and seeking to understand the authors intended flow of thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This site, BibleArc.com<\/a>, provides video tutorials on this method.If you have some familiarity with the approach I would recommend you go straight to the examples page<\/span><\/a> where you can see someone walk through a text applying the method.Here you can also see how the software at the site works.I was really impressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a very helpful tool, which will take time but will render rich rewards. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly, here is John Piper discussing why this approach is valuable:
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