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Torrey’s work, Principles of Biblical Interpretation, is directed towards applying sound principles of Bible exposition in the interpretation and understanding of God’s word. The Importance and Value of Proper Bible Study with the principles stated in this work.

Contents of Principles of Biblical Interpretation

1. Get absolutely right with God yourself by the absolute
surrender of your will to Him.
2. Be determined to find out just what God intended to teach
and not what you wish Him to teach.
3. Get the most accurate text.
4. Find the most exact and literal meaning of the text.
5. Note the exact force of each word used.
6. Interpret the words used in any verse according to Bible
usage.
7. Interpret the words of each author in the Bible with a regard
to the particular usage of that author.
8. Interpret individual verses with a regard to the context.
9. Interpret individual passages in the light of parallel or related
passages.
10. Interpret obscure passages in the light of passages that are
perfectly plain.
11. Interpret any passage in the Bible as those who were
addressed would have understood it.
12. Interpret what belongs to the Christian as belonging to the
Christian; what belongs to the Jew, as belonging to the Jew,
and what belongs to the Gentiles, as belonging to the
Gentiles.
13. Interpret each writer with a view to the opinions the writer
opposed.
14. Interpret poetry as poetry and interpret prose as prose.
15. The Holy Spirit is the best interpreter of the Bible.

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Reuben Archer Torrey

Reuben Archer Torrey (28 January 1856 – 26 October 1928) was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. He graduated from Yale University in 1875 and Yale Divinity School in 1878. Following graduation, Torrey became Congregational minister in Garrettsville, Ohio, in 1878. After further studies in theology at Leipzig University and Erlangen University in 1882–1883, Torrey joined Dwight L. Moody in his evangelistic work in Chicago in 1889, and became superintendent of the Bible Institute of the Chicago Evangelization Society (now Moody Bible Institute).

Five years later, he became pastor of the Chicago Avenue Church (now the Moody Church) in 1894. In 1902–1903, he preached in nearly every part of the English-speaking world and with song leader Charles McCallon Alexander conducted revival services in Great Britain from 1903 to 1905. During this period, he also visited China, Japan, Australia, and India. Torrey conducted a similar campaign in American and Canadian cities in 1906–1907. Throughout these campaigns, Torrey used a meeting style that he borrowed from Moody's campaigns of the 1870s. In 1907, he accepted an honorary doctorate from Wheaton College.[expand title="Read more"]

Works by R.A. Torrey

How to Bring Men to Christ, (1893)
Baptism with the Holy Spirit, (1895)
How to Study the Bible with Greatest Profit, (1896)
How to Obtain Fullness of Power in Christian Life and Service (1897)
How to Pray,
What the Bible Teaches, (1898)
Divine Origin of the Bible, (1899)
How to Promote and Conduct a Successful Revival, (1901)
How to Work for Christ, (1901)
Revival Addresses, (1903)
Talks to Men About the Bible and the Christ of the Bible, (1904)
The Bible and Its Christ: Being Noonday Talks with Business Men on Faith and Unbelief (1906)
Difficulties in the Bible, (1907)
Studies in the Life and Teachings of our Lord, (1909)
The Higher Criticism and the New Theology (1911)
The Fundamentals: a Testimony to the Truth Editor, (four volumes) ISBN 0-8010-8809-7
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
The Baptism with the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit: Who He Is and What He Does and How to Know Him in All the Fulness of His Gracious and Glorious Ministry
The Importance and Value of Proper Bible Study
Why God Used D. L. Moody, (1923) (modern reprint by CrossReach Publications, 2016)
The Voice of God in the Present Hour (1917)
Is the Bible the Inerrant Word of God?: And was the Body of Jesus Raised from the Dead? (1922)
The Power of Prayer and the Prayer of Power, (1924)
The Bible, the Peerless Book: Gods Own Book and Gods Only Book (1925)
How to Succeed in the Christian Life,
The Gospel for Today
Real Salvation and Whole-Hearted Service
The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith,
Torrey's Topical Textbook
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Anecdotes and Illustrations
The Deity of Jesus Christ (posts/available on 7/6/2020)
Short article: Keep Praying Until God Answers When He Seems Not to Hear, Trust Him Still (included in Cox Articles on soulwinning)
By R. A. Torrey (1856–1928)
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