The other day my mother was reading the book of Proverbs, and she ran across this verse:
“You can be sure that evil people will be punished, but the children of the godly will go free” (NLT).
Although it probably wasn’t the Holy Spirit speaking, my mom said the verse stuck out to her as in her mind she added the following words to the end of the verse: “. . . to Indiana Wesleyan University.”
By the grace of God my sister and I are attending IWU at little or no cost to our family thanks to our generous financial aid packages.
That verse is underlined in my mom’s Bible.
Postscriptum: ‘Hermeneutics’ is the study of the methodological principles of interpretation (as of the Bible). A ‘pre-modern’ hermeneutic would be one that relies less heavily on outside sources for understanding the original meaning, and more heavily on the principle that ‘scripture interprets scripture,’ and trusts the Holy Spirit speak to the reader through the Biblical text.
Post postscriptum: If my mother had really ‘let scripture interpret scripture,’ then she would have immediately disregarded her mental addendum, as the end of Revelation states: “And I solemnly declare to everyone who hears the prophetic words of this book: If anyone adds to anything to what is written here, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book.”
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Hi, I'm a friend of Josh and Melissa Howard...I was reading his blog the other day and noticed your blog listed and thought I'd check it out.
Very cool entry...I'm a little nostalgic for the class room sometimes so it's neat to read your posts about starting this new chapter in your life. Blessings to you and your sister--have a great time!
p.s. I read your other post about wanting comments, hope you don't mind one from an unknown...I too appreciate comments on my blog--I have a decent readership but no is brave enough to post a comment; they do so privately by email sometimes though.
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