Part 1: Basic Issues. Authority and exhaustiveness -- The form of Biblical teaching -- General and special revelation -- Providence and Scripture -- The Bible and technical precision -- Imprecision and error -- The history of revelation -- The perfect translation -- Words and meanings -- The Bible and the historian -- Words and meanings again -- The human element in Scripture -- Contextualization -- The hermeneutical circle -- The redemptive focus of Scripture -- Part 2: Points of contention. The creation account -- The interpretation of prophecy -- Women in teaching/ruling offices in the church -- Slavery -- The worship and government of the church -- The Scripture and "advances" in psychology -- "Rabbinic" exegesis in the New Testament -- Psuedepigraphy -- Proving the Bible -- Freedom and honesty -- The political and social task of the church -- Bible translation.