The Ostensive Hermeneutical Principle: Unlocking the Power of Fee’s Axiom  
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The Ostensive Hermeneutical Principle: Unlocking the Power of Fee’s Axiom  

ByIsrael Shaw

I am on the hunt for the ostensive phrasing of Fee’s Axiom. The treasure I seek is the hermeneutic, as in THE Hermeneutic. This hermeneutic applies to every letter, word, and sentence in Holy Writ. It always applies. A biblical interpretation is deficient if it does not adhere to this rule. Here is the ostensive hermeneutical principle. 

Heralding Hope: The Past Advent of Jesus as Savior.  
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Heralding Hope: The Past Advent of Jesus as Savior.  

ByIsrael Shaw

God highlights his sovereign pleasure in his creation by choosing the promise as the way of the Savior. Mercy abounds from the very beginning of the Bible. Only through the promise do we have hope.  In Galatians 3, “Until Christ came,” The Savior has come. It has happened. All of history revolves around this reality.

Is the Law Our Drill Sergeant?  
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Is the Law Our Drill Sergeant?  

ByIsrael Shaw

Picture the law as a person in your life. How would he interact with you, and what role does he play? Do you imagine the law, as a person, will protect you? How can he? His strength is not his own. Indeed, this guardian is generally older and of little use elsewhere.  This law keeper safeguards the limits; and, when transgressed, administers rightful punishment dictated by justice. 

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God as Holy

ByIsrael Shaw

When we say God is holy we struggle with what holy means. We define terms intensively and ostensively. Ostensively we point to examples of a thing to define it through these examples. For example, when talking to a child or someone who speaks a different language we can point to the color red as we…