'To interpret the Bible truly, then, we msut do more than string together individual propositions like beads on a string. This takes us only as far as fortune cookie theology, to a practice of breaking open Scripture in order to find the message contained within. What gets lost in propositionalist intterpretation are the circumstances of the statement, its poetic and affective elements, and even then, a dimension of its truth. We do less than justice to Scripture if we preach and teach ony its propostional content. Information alone is insufficient for spiritual formation. We need to get beyond "cheap inerrancy," beyond ascribing accolades to the Bible to understanding what the Bible is actually saying, beyond professing biblical truth to practicing it."
-"Lost in Interpretation? Truth, Scripture, and Hermeneutics," in Whatever Happened to Truth, Kostenberger, Andreas, Gen. Ed. (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2005).
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