About "The Deeper Magic"

Welcome to "The Deeper Magic," a public blog by a MA-II seminary student from Asbury Theological Seminary.

This blog is designed to be scholarly, written towards those who have an open mind to what the Bible might have originally said to its original Hebrew audience and how that might apply to us today. I intend to write semi-frequently and to write towards those with a first-year undergraduate college education or higher. If I am writing with vocabulary that is difficult to comprehend, please comment and ask how I am using particular words rather than assuming I understand the difficulty. It is easy for me to get trapped in my personal seminary vocabulary (which is not always the same as other students or teachers), and I often forget that I don't always speak "the same language" as my audience.

As the title implies, I seek not the face-value of what the Bible has to say, but I don't deny the face-value either. My goal is not to prove or disprove anything historically but rather to find a deeper meaning within the inspired Scripture that can apply to us today. The term "The Deeper Magic" comes from C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, where Aslan the Lion (a Type for God) is the source of the deeper magic that can't outwit the evil queen's murderous plot but in the end proves to be her undoing. My role as the author of this blog is to be a disciple, learning and sharing, and thus I sign my posts as "The Deeper Magician's Apprentice."

While the blog is open for comments at this time, it is not intended for debate. I do not have the time to invest to respond to every challenge. If you need clarification, please ask. If you disagree, please note that I will attempt to respectfully decline to justify my position due to lack of time to invest. Sometimes what is good must be sacrificed for what is best. Please comment accordingly.

Please feel free to subscribe to the blog and befriend me on Facebook: facebook.com/jkgarrett17. It is my honour to serve via study, and I hope my passion for the truth within the pages of the Bible will ignite in you a desire to find these tidbits of magical treasure for yourself.