The first obstacle to biblical interpretation we want to talk about is our own presuppositions. These are assumptions that we bring to the Bible, to the text, as we read it and try to interpret it. They’re assumptions that are encoded in our brains just because of our background, our experience, the framework of our whole life. We can’t help that they are there—they just are. We all have certain presuppositions that just either assist us or get in the way, and frankly, most of the time they can potentially