I believe that the Bible is God’s Word. Therefore I must define the ultimate goal of exegesis so as to embrace the heart as well as the head. The Scriptures aim to affect our hearts and change the way we feel about God and his will. The exegete, who believes that this aim is the aim of the living God for our day, cannot be content with merely uncovering what the Scriptures originally meant. He must aim, in his exegesis, to help achieve the ultimate goal of Scripture: its contemporary significance for faith. It is the will of God that his Word crush feelings of arrogance and self-reliance and that it give hope to the poor in spirit.
John Piper

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#1 · January 12, 2015, 4:42 pm

Posted by: lifeunlimited <lifeunlimited@...>

My deepest apologies for all the foreign symbols showing up in today's letter.  I have no idea how or why gmail may have done that.  Because my local ISP had apparently blocked my earlier attempts to send the letter, I resorted to gmail as a last-ditch effort.  Apparently there was lots of "junk" in the ditch.  Hopefully the problem will be resolved by next week.

Bob

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