Many in the church grew up singing “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so” and “The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me, I stand alone on the word of God, the B-I-B-L-E.” BUT just because you can sing some songs and nod in agreement about the objective truthfulness of God’s Word doesn’t make it true any more than reading over and over again the declaration on our coins “in God we trust” means this is true of everyone in America.

Understanding and applying the original meaning of the Scriptures as the God-ordained writers intended is the goal of interpretation (referred to as the art and science of hermeneutics).