methodology (plain or literal interpretation), Mal understood that faith would naturally lead the saint towards the other great truths about sin, Christ, redemption, love, and grace. His loyalty to the Word revealed his loyalty to Christ Jesus. We cannot in one sentence claim to believe the Bible as truth and yet then interpret it in such a way that we undermine the very words used by God to convey his heart and mind to us. To do so reveals immaturity at the least and at most possibly hypocrisy. Therefore, Dr. Couch taught that believers must not only base our belief on the Bible but they must also make sure to interpret that Bible with a proper hermeneutic, which for him has been the historical grammatical hermeneutic that he presented in his book "An Introduction to Classical Hermeneutics: A Guide to the History and Practice of Biblical Interpretation." Mal's colleague Dr. Norman Geisler calls this the "hermeneutical fundamentals" which is a "test for "evangelical consistency." Couch also labored in love to show God's sovereignty in both creation and re-creation with his various lectures and teachings. Mal has shown not only God's work in the past with creation, the present in salvation and sanctification, but he has also faithfully pointed us to the future restoration where Christ will return to rule and reign as King. Throughout his numerous books he has edited or written, such as the "21st Century Biblical Commentary Series," "The New Covenant" and "My Eyes Shall See the King," along with "The Coming of the Holy Spirit" people can see the teachings about God's original creation, man's fall into sin, Christ's work of redemption, and the Holy Spirit's work in creating and empowering the body of Christ for the task of the Great Commission. As Mal stated in his own words, "The King and kingdom were rejected by the Jewish people. The kingdom would be postponed until some far—off future time. Meanwhile, a new dispensation, the Church, would begin" and the "disciples would then be sent forth, clothed with power from on high" so the "clear salvation message" could be "proclaimed 'to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.'" In teaching about this body of Christ and Christ's future return for the Bride, his spiritual family, Dr. Couch wrote "A Biblical Ecclesiology." In that work Mal has laid a solid foundation for all of us to rest upon, as well