Overview and Objectives

In Lesson Six we study how to apply messages written to people in a different cultural and historical setting to people living in our contemporary world without distorting their intended meaning and purpose.

When you complete this lesson, you should be able to do the following:

• Name three kinds of passages we interpret and apply.
• State the differences between the three kinds of passages.
• Describe how we cross the bridge from exegesis to hermeneutics.
• Explain how we do application.

As you proceed through this lesson have the following question in mind.
What impressed you about the benefits of Bible tools? Why?