This explores the foundational principle that there is no meaning without context, showing how faithful Bible interpretation requires understanding a passage within its historical, literary, and canonical settings.
Using Jeremiah 29:11 as a case study, she demonstrates how this often-quoted verse was originally spoken to a displaced community in exile, not as a promise of immediate personal success, but as an assurance of God’s enduring faithfulness over time.
By examining what comes before and after the verse and situating it within the larger story of Scripture, she reveals that God’s plans are not centered on comfort, but on redemption and transformation into Christlikeness.
