In my view, right understanding involves grasping the relationship between what the Bible says about God and what we know about the contemporary situation, and then acting accordingly (i.e., according to the world implied by the script). As we will see, it is all about fittingness—a concordant relation between diverse parts and a larger whole—both textual/canonical and contextual/situational fittingness. In order to determine what is textually and contextually fitting, the church needs canon sense, catholic sensibility, and a sensitivity to circumstance.
