a passage clause by clause. Likewise, a message can meticulously deal with details of vocabulary and grammar, and still fail to explain the intended teaching and application of the author.” Nevertheless, Liefeld continues, “The essence of exposition is explanation. If I explain something, I am reasonably free to choose my own method, but I must be faithful to my subject.”10 It is precisely at this juncture that careful hermeneutics and Haddon Robinson’s insistence on two diagnostic questions meet.