- Most common are taking out of context: theological, literary, historical, cultural;
- not interpreting the implicit in light of the explicit;
- not recognizing imagery or figures of speech;
- not according to genre (narrative, prophecy; poetry, proverb, didactic);
- not taking the OT in light of the NT or vice versa;
- not interpreting as the author meant it to be—a face value;
- spiritualizing or not believing it literally when meant to be;
- not letting common sense makes sense, but seeking other sense;
- hyper-personalizing or thinking there’s some secret or special message for you only;
- interpreting texts in isolation to find some far-fetched truth, without regard to the whole of Scripture not interpreting Scripture in light of Scripture and letting it be its own Supreme Court;
- reading into the Word your preconceived ideas and prejudices
- confusing Law and gospel.
About Me
- Karl Broberg
- I am a born-again Christian, who is Reformed, but also charismatic, spiritually speaking. (I do not speak in tongues, but I believe glossalalia is a bona fide gift not given to all, and not as great as prophecy, for example.) I have several years of college education but only completed a two-year degree. I was raised Lutheran and confirmed, but I didn't "find Christ" until I was in the Army and responded to a Billy Graham crusade in 1973. I was mentored or discipled by the Navigators in the army and upon discharge joined several evangelical, Bible-teaching churches. I was baptized as an infant, but believe in believer baptism, of which I was a partaker after my conversion experience. I believe in the "5 Onlys" of the reformation: sola fide (faith alone); sola Scriptura (Scripture alone); soli Christo (Christ alone), sola gratia (grace alone), and soli Deo gloria (to God alone be the glory). I affirm TULIP as defended in the Reformation.. I affirm most of The Westminster Confession of Faith, especially pertaining to Providence.
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