Context is Key

Greg Bahnsen: “The utterance of the word [any word] would be meaningless outside of a sentence or in-life situation to provide that utterance with context… What is true with respect to an individual word is also true with respect to sentences in which it is used: they require a context of understanding before they can function meaningfully… Now if the epistemic importance of a context applies to individuals words and to simple assertions, we can ask where one acquires the broader context for paragraphs of thought, large-scale judgments, ultimate conclusions about ‘reality.’”

Bahnsen's conclusion is that divine revelation is the necessary context for interpreting all of reality.