Chapter 1 Summary Cont

The Preferred OR ...

Does Scripture represent the divinely guided and infallible writings recorded by men but initiated and superintended by God. (Virkler would not add “initiated, superintended ,AND PRESERVED by God,” but a Baptist would.)

Decide there is a single valid meaning of a text, and NOT each reader's individual understanding of a text represents a valid meaning

Decide other issues:

1) whether one believes that God's intended meaning can include a fuller sense than the human author's

2) how one determines when a passage is to be interpreted literally, figuratively, or symbolically; and

3) how one's spiritual commitment affects one's ability to understand spiritual truth.