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the study of how utterances perform actions, not just convey information, through locution, illocution, and perlocution.

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Words are Bridges

Not every word is a truth-claim. Some, like Paul’s “idol meat,” live in the gray—morally neutral until love decides how to use them. What if pronouns are like that? Not worship, not denial—just language as bridge. Sometimes faithfulness looks less like resistance and more like discernment.

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The Context Compass

Interpreting Scripture can feel like wandering in the wilderness—every verse pulling a different way. The Context Compass (C12) offers bearings: twelve “directions” of context that orient us to author, history, genre, and theology. Not a rigid map, but a compass—guiding readers toward clarity without losing the text’s voice.

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