Christians should read the Bible. We all know this, right? And yet, if you’re like me, you often struggle to make it a regular habit. Why is that? Why do we have such a hard time reading the Bible? If you’re like me, you start to feel guilty. Maybe I don’t love God enough. Maybe I’m not sincere enough in my faith. Maybe I’m drifting away from God…. Maybe. But maybe not. I find that there are several practical obstacles that get in the way of reading the Bible, and they have nothing to do with how sincere my faith is. Sometimes I read the Bible the wrong way for what I’m trying to accomplish; sometimes I don’t pay attention to the genre of the book I’m reading; sometimes I’ve lost sight of where I am in the overall story of the Bible. There are plenty of practical obstacles that get in my way, but this month I want to focus on the first one: reading the Bible in the wrong way. I find that there are (at least) four ways to read the Bible: Reading : approach the Bible like you wou
(or, A Fragment of Theology)