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Wecome to Logia, the personal blog of Paul Hartwig. ​Reflections and resources to enhance understanding of what God has revealed of himself in Scripture.

The Art of Interpretation

2/2/2014

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One of the most important ways in which a Christian is called to learn is by listening to the Scriptures.  This is particularly hard for us because most of us are very poor listeners. Yet we must cultivate this art if we are going to love the Scriptures (and people too). C S Lewis was a faithful guide in this art. Listen to the following words of his on Art Appreciation - and then go and do likewise with Scripture:
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"We must look, and go on looking, till we have certainly seen exactly what is there. We sit down before the picture in order to have something done to us, not that we may do things with it. The first demand any work of art makes upon us is surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way”. 
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Hermeneutics in 3 Questions

28/1/2014

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Sometimes entire books and subjects can be distilled into a few essential concepts. For example, the whole Scripture is fulfilled when we love one another. Such is the case with learning how to understand the Bible. I believe that we will fulfill all the principles of 'how to understand the Bible' (hermeneutics) if we ask each passage only three questions: 

1. What did the author write?
2. What is the meaning intended by the author in that writing?
3. What is the significance of the meaning of what he/she wrote? 

Get these three questions right and you will always handle God's Word faithfully.  All commentaries are mere footnotes to these master questions. 
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