{"id":969,"date":"2010-08-10T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.returningking.com\/?p=969"},"modified":"2010-08-10T08:00:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T14:00:06","slug":"interpreting-the-bible-part-7-the-golden-rule-of-interpretation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?p=969","title":{"rendered":"Interpreting the Bible &#8211; Part 7 &#8211; The Golden Rule of Interpretation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 7 of 14 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?series=interpreting-the-bible-vlog-series\" class=\"series-209\" title=\"Interpreting the Bible (Vlog)\">Interpreting the Bible (Vlog)<\/a><\/div><p>(This is a continuation of the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.returningking.com\/?page_id=883#interpreting\">Interpreting The Bible<\/a>\u201c\u00a0video blog series.\u00a0 This post assumes the prerequisite watching of earlier videos in the series.\u00a0 Click the link above to watch the entire series up to this week\u2019s installment.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.returningking.com\/images\/horsesunsm.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"28\" height=\"40\" \/>Over the next several weeks we will be examining certain &#8220;laws&#8221; which govern the norms of interpretive processes.\u00a0 These laws are rules which do not apply only to the Bible, but almost any work which is to be interpreted.\u00a0 As such, they are very common-sense-oriented principles which are understood and taken from granted by even school-age children as they read their age-appropriate stories.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s rule is known by many as &#8220;The Golden Rule of Interpretation;&#8221; stating at it&#8217;s core: &#8220;if the common sense reading of a text makes sense, seek no other sense.&#8221;\u00a0 How much the false teachers of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.returningking.com\/?series=73\">Wolves in Wool series<\/a> could learn from what their children already take for granted!<\/p>\n<p>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13916452&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13916452&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/13916452\">Bible Interpretation Pt. 07<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user1356046\">Jeff Kluttz<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 7 of 14 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/returningking.com\/?series=interpreting-the-bible-vlog-series\" class=\"series-209\" title=\"Interpreting the Bible (Vlog)\">Interpreting the Bible (Vlog)<\/a><\/div><p>(This is a continuation of the \u201cInterpreting The Bible\u201c\u00a0video blog series.\u00a0 This post assumes the prerequisite watching of earlier videos in the series.\u00a0 Click the link above to watch the entire series up to this week\u2019s installment.) 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