REMEMBER THIS......
Good Bible reading includes believing that The Bible is the only inspired self-revelation of the one true God which was written for the common man, for all men, that contains a unified message and purpose where every passage (excluding prophesies) has one and only one meaning based on the intent of the original, inspired author.
Some of the inappropriate methods being used today and should be avoided are ignoring the literary context of the books, the historical setting of the books, and the original message (this is often referred to as "reader response" ("what-the-text-means-to-me” interpretation).
We must understand the historical setting, grammatical structures (syntax), literary context, contemporary word usage, relevant parallel passages, and genre of each book contained in The Bible.
Learn to utilize one of the four reading cycles in order to reveal proper interpretive insights.
You have paid the price to understand the text in its original setting; now it must be applied to your life, your culture.
We must give S.P.A.C.E.!!!
Some of the inappropriate methods being used today and should be avoided are ignoring the literary context of the books, the historical setting of the books, and the original message (this is often referred to as "reader response" ("what-the-text-means-to-me” interpretation).
We must understand the historical setting, grammatical structures (syntax), literary context, contemporary word usage, relevant parallel passages, and genre of each book contained in The Bible.
Learn to utilize one of the four reading cycles in order to reveal proper interpretive insights.
You have paid the price to understand the text in its original setting; now it must be applied to your life, your culture.
We must give S.P.A.C.E.!!!