simplistic way of describing the choices that face every biblical interpreter. We are not trying to pen a scholarly treatise on hermeneutics (i.e., interpretation theory). At the same time, we think this question of commitment lies at the headwaters of all interpretive endeavor, whether we are using our PhD to craft a revised interpretation of biblical doctrine, or rifling through Scripture to find passages to affirm a gay son or daughter, or abusing the Bible to justify our prejudice, or cherry-picking