12 axiom COPY

Question 1

Your hermeneutics will flow directly from your convictions on inspiration

Answer 1

axiom 1

Question 2

Hermeneutics is, first and foremost, a theological endeavor

Answer 2

axiom 2

Question 3

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

Answer 3

axiom 3

Question 4

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

Answer 4

axiom 4

Question 5

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

Answer 5

axiom 5

Question 6

Faithful Bible interpreters must be fervent Bible readers.

Answer 6

axiom 6

Question 7

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

Answer 7

axiom 7

Question 8

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

Answer 8

axiom 8

Question 9

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

Answer 9

axiom 9

Question 10

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

Answer 10

axiom 10

Question 11

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

Answer 11

axiom 11

Question 12

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

Answer 12

axiom 12