We must allow the Bible to say what is says, not what we think it ought to say.
There is no long-range effective teaching of the Bible that is not accompanied by long hours of ongoing study of the Bible.
If we are perplexed by an apparent contradiction in Scripture, it is not allowable to say, 'The author of this book is mistaken'; but either the manuscript is faulty, or the translation is wrong, or you have not understood.
Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today seems to us a new one.
It is unlawful to add anything to the words of Holy Scripture regarding the sense.
There has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity because Christianity proceeds from a proclamation.
A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline.
Most good evangelical Study Bibles have more in common than people sometimes realize. All of them are committed to explaining the Bible to lay readers.
