Matt Bennett

Here are ten principles to assist in properly interpreting Old Testament narratives. These are taken from How To Read The Bible For All Its Worth. An Old Testament narrative usually does not directly teach a doctrine. An Old Testament narrative usually illustrates a doctrine or doctrines taught propositionally elsewhere. Narratives record what happened – not [...]

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Grudem’s chapter in Preach the Word offers some helpful reminders on correctly interpreting the Scripture. Spend your earliest and best time reading the text of the Bible itself. The interpretation of Scripture is not a magical or mysterious process, because Scripture was written in the ordinary language of the day. Every interpreter has only four sources of [...]

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