Context Is Key!
on June 10, 2020Part 3
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What’s the most important rule in interpreting the Bible properly? Context! You can’t just grab one verse and ignore all the other around it. And yet that’s what many people do when they claim the Bible contradicts itself. They’ll just grab a verse and ignore all the other verses that explain it.
And it’s also important to understand the types of literature that make up the Bible. Some passages, like Genesis, are clearly historical narrative, and they should be read literally. Other parts are poetry, which uses figurative language. Sometimes alleged contradictions are just figurative language being read literally.
Supposed contradictions are just that—supposed.
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