Chapter 8 Applying the Biblical Message A proposal for the trans cultural problem Virkler's Hermeneutics pg 193

• Objectives

• A method of moving from original meaning to contemporary significance.
• How can we approach the narrative portions of Scripture for teaching, reproof, corrections, and instruction in righteousness in a hermeneutically valid way?
• How do we apply the normative commands of Scripture?
• Principlizing rather than allegorizing to discover a story's
• 1) spiritual, 2) moral, and 3) theological relevance
• Allegorizing gives a story a whole new meaning (often Catholic fiction) Principlizing focuses on the principle of the narrative.
• Principles of Scripture do not change from time to time or culture to culture.