{"id":982,"date":"2019-11-01T18:38:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T22:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=982"},"modified":"2019-11-01T18:54:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T22:54:18","slug":"982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/01\/982\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Rules of Biblical Understanding: Hermeneutics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"js_11g\">\u200e<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kris.minefee?__tn__=%2CdC-R-R&amp;eid=ARCEjcq0HahgRXfXZEXEpTZjjGiApFw-Y67TVwwMoHexbDsOMWy-IYizmt10bIDN3o4WSGPc-rgBenVm&amp;hc_ref=ARTKMVnD3i0mcOqci8pwuLqHdJsNQqIcFjvddMtFRe6q6tRMl9oHIIHt6yNCb6d1AM0&amp;fref=nf\">Kris Minefee<\/a>\u200e\u00a0  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ibaptists\/permalink\/1540380366292756\/\"><abbr title=\"3\/23\/16, 11:14 AM\">March 23, 2016<\/abbr><\/a> <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8 Rules of Biblical Understanding: Hermeneutics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>8. Choose the Simplest Alternative.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Paul Lee Tan summarizes this last step well, \u201cWhen alternative interpretations seem equally plausible and contain equally good sense, the general rule of thumb is to choose the one interpretation which impose the least strain on credulity.\u201d<br> Remember God used shepherds, fisherman and fig harvesters to write His Word. Keeping it simple without adding elements that would have been out of place for them would make the best practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-facebook\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v5.0\"><\/script><div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10208568158179118&amp;set=gm.1540380366292756&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" data-width=\"750\"><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10208568158179118&amp;set=gm.1540380366292756&amp;type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>8 Rules of Biblical Understanding: Hermeneutics8. 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