Jesus Every Day Fellowship Community Church

There are some major historical context clues that aid in developing an accurate interpretation of a text such as geography, social, economic, and political. There are some literary contexts that are discussed such as the genre the writings are in, the rules of each genre, and knowing which grouping or section the writing is in that aid in developing a proper interpretation.

Andrew, Ethan, and Matt take The Interpretive Journey and put it into practice by going through Josuah 1:1-9.
Here is the workflow document as a resource to help you.

http://tinyurl.com/52ftpum4

Andrew, Ethan, and Matt continue to step four of The Interpretive Journey.
Step 1: Grasping the Text in Their Town- What did the text mean to the original audience?
Step 2: Measuring the Width of the River to Cross- What are the differences between the biblical audience and us?
Step 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge- What is the theological principle in this text?
Step 4: Consult the Biblical Map- How does our theological principle fit with the rest of the Bible?
Step 5: Grasping the Text in Our Town- How should individual Christians today live out the theological principles?
Here is a picture to help you visualize what The Interpretive Journey is.

Andrew, Ethan, and Matt continue to step four of The Interpretive Journey.


Step 1: Grasping the Text in Their Town- What did the text mean to the original audience?
Step 2: Measuring the Width of the River to Cross- What are the differences between the biblical audience and us?
Step 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge- What is the theological principle in this text?
Step 4: Consult the Biblical Map- How does our theological principle fit with the rest of the Bible?


Here is a picture to help you visualize what The Interpretive Journey is.

Andrew, Ethan, and Matt continue to step three of The Interpretive Journey.


Step 1: Grasping the Text in Their Town- What did the text mean to the original audience?
Step 2: Measuring the Width of the River to Cross- What are the differences between the biblical audience and us?
Step 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge- What is the theological principle in this text?


Here is a picture to help you visualize what The Interpretive Journey is.

Andrew, Ethan, and Matt continue to step two of The Interpretive Journey.


Step 1: Grasping the Text in Their Town- What did the text mean to the original audience?
Step 2: Measuring the Width of the River to Cross- What are the differences between the biblical audience and us?


Here is a picture to help you visualize what The Interpretive Journey is.