provides. Constructing this principlizing bridge will be one of the critical steps in our Interpretive Journey. Thus, our journey starts with a careful reading of the text. Our final destination is to grasp the meaning of the text so that it changes our lives. It is an exciting trip, but one that requires hard work. There are no easy shortcuts. The basic Interpretive Journey involves four steps: Question: What did the text mean to the biblical audience? The
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