12 axiom

Question 1

axiom 1

Answer 1

Your hermeneutics will flow directly from your convictions on inspiration

Question 2

axiom 2

Answer 2

Hermeneutics is, first and foremost, a theological endeavor

Question 3

axiom 3

Answer 3

The Bible is God’s speech to us where God engages us.

Question 4

axiom 4

Answer 4

One of the first questions of interpretation is “What is God doing in this text?

Question 5

axiom 5

Answer 5

Hermeneutics is intuitive and not complicated. We are not Gnostics!

Question 6

axiom 6

Answer 6

Faithful Bible interpreters must be fervent Bible readers.

Question 7

axiom 7

Answer 7

The three most important things in hermeneutics are context, context, and context.

Question 8

axiom 8

Answer 8

There is a progress to revelation and redemptive history. Pay attention to it!

Question 9

axiom 9

Answer 9

We cannot interpret the Bible correctly unless we understand the story of Scripture as a whole.

Question 10

axiom 10

Answer 10

For the interpretation of any biblical text to be valid, it must be consistent with the historical-cultural context.

Question 11

axiom 11

Answer 11

The first and best place to look for the historical-cultural context is in Scripture itself.

Question 12

axiom 12

Answer 12

Words have meanings, not meaning. But they have meaning in context