Common Sense With Scripture: The Writer’s Situation and Historical Context
“… a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” (II Tim 2:15) I pray, Lord, that you grant me your Spirit as I read to help me grasp the plain sense of what you say. Let’s say you write a simple text that says, “Hi Abdul, We’ll come Saturday.” You write that text because you are in a specific situation and feel the need to communicate specific information to a specific audience. And this is true no matter what you write. The simplest email or a 300-page dissertation both give specific information to…