The interpretation of Scripture is one of the most important issues facing the Church today. Generally speaking, biblical interpretation tends to swing between two poles, a liberal exegesis that ignores the miraculous power of God, or a fundamentalist or conservative exegesis that often assumes that God does not act today as he acted in biblical times. The latter perspective often adopts a "correspondence theory of Truth," as if the Word of God simply reflects historical events rather than creating them in the first place. To address these matters, I will show that how one interprets Scripture is related to one's world view. I will adopt the world-view of the creeds, as this is how the ancient church responded to confusions in how to interpret Scripture. In doing so, I will adopt the position that the crucial feature of Scripture is that it describes God's words an deeds, that God speaks and acts today as Scripture, and that his present words and deeds are in accord with Scripture. That God can act and speak today as he always did is of the utmost importance as we all need a living God speaking to us and acting in our lives. The essays follow.
The Rev. Robert J. Sanders, Ph.D.
