Why "Bible Sanity" - What's in a Name?

The Madness

The Bible wasn't even complete when false teachers started coming in to the first century churches, distorting the Scriptures and intentionally leading people away from the doctrines of the apostles.

The Continuing Confusion:

"Inherited apostolic authority" of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox denominations
Charasmatic "revelations" and "personalized interpretations" of "Modern Apostles"
Prolific discrediting and distortion of Scripture by unbelieving scholarship
General ignorance of Scripture by modern Christians

Many people now believe that whatever they read in the Bible could mean just about anything...

Sanity

The Bible is meant to be read and interpreted normally. The text of the Bible is not comprised of mystical or symbolic double-talk and hidden or encoded meanings which can only be understood by spiritual elites. Rather, Scripture can be clearly understood through normal grammatical study. Additionaly, our understanding increases through the durataion of our lives by our normal Christian life-experiece and by continuous study of the Word.

The Holy Spirit and Scriptural Interpretation - The illumination of the Holy Spirit allows us to understand God's Word correctly, from a spiritual perspective, and to see personal applications for our own daily lives. This ministry of the Spirit does not contradict or revise Scripture. As the Spirit leads us through the Word, it is our own personal application which changes, never the textual meaning!

Then and Now - The Bible should be understood in the context of the direct, historical audience. In the New Testament, this includes the modern church. In the Old Testament, there are several passages which have direct application to the modern believer, but otherwise, it should not be forced to 'apply' by the use of artificial or symbolic interpretations. These OT passages develop our understanding of God and His relationship with us, as well as establishing a spiritual and historic perspective appropriate for proper understanding of the New Testament.

The Purpose of BibleSanity.org

My Purpose is to Demystify and Clarify the Bible:

By Presenting Careful Hermeneutic (interpretation) Methods
By Providing Chronologies and Timelines for Context
By Providing Several Conservative Articles and Studies

Additionally, I also provide:

A section explaining the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Information about the Bible and the various translations