Join Ryan Robertson, Mack Stiles, Brian Parks, and Aubrey Sequeira as they explore the intersection of hermeneutics and missions, discussing how proper biblical interpretation can safeguard against the misapplication of scripture in cross-cultural contexts.

Topics Discussed

00:00 – Introducing the Guests
Meet Brian Parks and Aubrey Sequeira, seasoned pastors serving in the UAE.

02:00 – What Is Hermeneutics?
Why biblical interpretation is essential—especially on the mission field.

04:00 – Strategy vs. Scripture
Anecdotes from India raise the question: what does it really mean to be biblical?

08:00 – Charitable Disagreement
On tone, humility, and why hermeneutical differences require brotherly love.

10:00 – Dangerous Interpretations
Where insider movements and other strategies may go theologically off the rails.

13:00 – Old Testament Narrative Misuse
Why Naaman in 2 Kings 5 doesn’t justify syncretistic worship practices.

18:00 – Finish the Task?
Misreading Matthew 24:14 and the limits of eschatological urgency.

24:00 – Becoming All Things?
Does 1 Corinthians 9 support radical contextualization?

28:00 – Descriptive vs. Prescriptive
How reading Acts incorrectly has shaped faulty missions strategies.

33:00 – Misused Texts and Mission Drift
From Habakkuk to Bible translation mishaps—why context matters.

38:00 – Gospel Clarity & Cultural Frameworks
Critiquing honor/shame gospel presentations and obedience-based discipleship.

44:00 – Preparing Future Missionaries
How churches and pastors can build hermeneutical health into mission training.

50:00 – Tools for Teaching Hermeneutics
From Simeon Trust to Sunday School—resources for raising interpreters.

Resources Mentioned

Church Planting Movements by David Garrison

One-to-One Bible Reading by David Helm

Exegetical Fallacies by D.A. Carson

Preaching in the New Testament by Jonathan Griffiths

Systematic Theology: Volume 1 by Stephen Wellum

Dig Deeper by Nigel Beynon & Andrew Sach

The Hermeneutical Spiral by Grant Osborne

Transcultural Gospel by E.D. Burns

How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament by Jason DeRouchie

How to Understand and Apply the New Testament by Andrew David Naselli