Second, the Bible’s authority must be maintained within sound hermeneutical principles. For example, there must be a clear appreciation of the difference between the descriptive and the prescriptive. Although members of the post-Pentecost church in Jerusalem sold all their goods and relinquished their rights to private ownership, I am not obligated to follow their example (Acts 2:44–45). The Bible accurately and inerrantly describes these actions of the early church for our edification, but it nowhere