o Rule 1: Figure out the big picture before you get focused on the difficult details in any passage. o Rule 2: Figure out what words mean before you jump to conclusions. o Rule 3: Learn as much as you can about the background of the passage so the main reason these instructions were given is easier to see. o Rule 4: Think about other passages that further explain the concepts in the text so your understanding in well rounded and biblical. o Rule 5: Be careful about reading into a historical account what you want to see. o Rule 6: Get the input of other who may not share your biases as a check and balance. o Rule 7: Carefully make applications only after you have responsibly and sufficiently studied the details of the passage.
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Joel has been the senior pastor at Anchor Baptist since 2018 when his family moved from Ghana where they were church planting missionaries for 7 years.