Taking the Text Seriously
What are the most important hermeneutical principles we should follow?
The most important principles for evangelical interpreters is to be serious with the text, that you really want to understand the text in its original meaning as how the first recipients heard it. And that you really faithfully convey it to people living in a totally "other" context, in such a way that it impacts their lives and enrich their lives. And the most important issue is to bring them in a closer relationship with the real author of the Word, the Lord Jesus Christ.
ʻOku ʻi ai haʻo ngaahi tāpuekina?
Kīaki e fakakavaʻa — ʻo e toko rua afe ngaahi fakapikopiko ʻoku ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e māʻanga.
Ko hoku ki he ngaahi tāpuekina kotoa